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Figure 1. <strong>Chemical</strong>ly actuated micropumps with flow channels. (A) Exploded view of the micropumps and the flow channels. (B) Operation of<br />
the micropump. Cross-sections are shown that include the flow channel for transport, the diaphragm, and the lower compartment for the H2O2<br />
solution. First, the reservoir of the micropump is filled with a solution to be transported (top). When a H2O2 solution is transported in the controlling<br />
flow channel and reaches the lower compartment of the micropump, bubbles are produced, the diaphragm inflates, and the solution in the upper<br />
reservoir is injected into the upper flow channel (bottom).<br />
arrangement of components, including the flow channel network. 18<br />
Although there have been limitations in manipulation that is<br />
performed only through capillary action, even the complicated<br />
manipulation of solutions may be realized by coupling a programmed<br />
microfluidic network with chemically actuated microfluidic<br />
components.<br />
In a number of previous studies, gas bubbles produced by the<br />
electrolysis of water were used to produce a volume change that<br />
would mobilize a solution in a microflow channel. 24-29 This<br />
principle of operation is attractive for the realization of a chemically<br />
actuated micropump, because gas production is accompanied by<br />
many chemical reactions. In creating our device, we used the<br />
volume change of oxygen bubbles produced by the catalytic<br />
decomposition of H2O2. 26 To trigger the pumping action, a H2O2<br />
solution was transported and supplied to the micropumps by<br />
capillary action in a controlling flow channel. A network of<br />
controlling flow channels described on a chip could be used<br />
as a program to operate many micropumps cooperatively. In<br />
other words, the timing of the switching among pumps could<br />
be adjusted by changing the relative positions of the micropumps<br />
and the length or other dimensional parameters of the<br />
flow channels. In this paper we present the basic concept for<br />
a chemically actuated micropump and its programming and<br />
characterize the performance of the device.<br />
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EXPERIMENTAL SECTION<br />
Materials and Reagents. A thick-film photoresist (SU-8) was<br />
purchased from MicroChem, Newton, MA. A precursor solution<br />
of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) (KE-1300T) was purchased<br />
from Shin-Etsu <strong>Chemical</strong>, Tokyo, Japan. A precursor solution of<br />
PVA-SbQ, SPP-H-13, was purchased from Toyo Gosei Kogyo,<br />
Chiba, Japan. H2O2, manganese dioxide, and poly(oxyethylene)<br />
sorbitan monolaurate (Tween 20) were purchased from Wako<br />
Pure <strong>Chemical</strong> Industries, Osaka, Japan. The enzymes and<br />
related reagents were obtained from the following commercial<br />
sources: horseradish peroxidase (HRP; 100 U/mg), lactate<br />
oxidase (LOD; 38 U/mg), and bovine serum albumin (BSA)<br />
from Wako Pure <strong>Chemical</strong> Industries, Osaka, Japan; glucose<br />
oxidase (GOD; 151 U/mg) and 25% glutaraldehyde (GA)<br />
solution from Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO; N-acetyl-3,7dihydroxyphenoxazine<br />
(Amplex Red) from AnaSpec, San Jose,<br />
CA.<br />
Basic Structure and Fabrication of the Microfluidic Devices.<br />
The devices were constructed by stacking two PDMS<br />
substrates on a glass substrate (Figure 1). Flow channels were<br />
formed with PDMS using a template formed with a thick-film<br />
photoresist (SU-8). The compartments for the pumps and solutions<br />
to be transported were formed in the lower and upper PDMS<br />
layers by punching.<br />
A critical part of each micropump was a circular compartment<br />
(diameter 2.5 mm) with a diaphragm. The diaphragm was formed<br />
by intercalating a 50 µm thick PDMS sheet between the two<br />
PDMS substrates. The lower part of the compartment was<br />
connected to a controlling flow channel for the transport of a H2O2<br />
solution. To form a MnO2 layer in the vicinity of the diaphragm,<br />
a droplet of water containing a suspension of MnO2 powder<br />
was put into the compartment that was then placed upside<br />
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