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Fabrication of a paper-based facile and low-cost microfluidic device and digital imaging technique for point-of-need monitoring of hypochlorite.
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The Analyst [Analyst] 2023 Aug 21; Vol. 148 (17), pp. 4072-4083. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Aug 21. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Lab-on-a-paper-based devices are promising alternatives to the existing arduous techniques for point-of-need monitoring. The present work reports an instant and facile method to produce a microfluidic paper-based analytical device (μPAD). The fabricated μPAD has been used to detect hypochlorite (OCl <superscript>-</superscript> ) by incorporating newly synthesized chromo-fluorogenic ratiometric probes 1 and 2 into the sample reception zone. The probes showed high selectivity and fast response (<10 s) toward OCl <superscript>-</superscript> with an excellent linear relationship in the concentration range of 0-100 μM. The concentration-dependent fluorometric change driven by the reaction of 1@μPAD with OCl <superscript>-</superscript> has been monitored using gel-doc imaging systems, which is unprecedented. Digitizing the intensity of the colour solution with different mathematical models of colour has developed a straightforward method for monitoring OCl <superscript>-</superscript> without any interference from its competitors. 1@μPAD can detect OCl <superscript>-</superscript> at ∼10 times lower than the WHO recommended limit. The detection limit of 1@μPAD via a digital camera-based fluorescence technique was found to be better over digital camera-based cuvette assays. Therefore, 1@μPAD has been successfully utilized to monitor OCl <superscript>-</superscript> in actual environmental water samples with portability, ease of use, and sensitivity. The analytical RSD was found to be ≤3% based on fluorimetric detection using 1@μPAD. The chemodosimetric reaction between OCl <superscript>-</superscript> and the probe was evidenced by UV-vis and fluorescence spectroscopy, <superscript>1</superscript> H NMR, and ESI-MS. The rapid response time, biocompatibility, low cytotoxicity, 100% aqueous solubility, ratiometric feature, and exclusive OCl <superscript>-</superscript> selectivity over other competitive ROS/RNS successfully lead to the application of the probes for bioimaging of exogenous as well as endogenous OCl <superscript>-</superscript> in normal cells (HEK293) and cancerous cells (HeLa).
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1364-5528
- Volume :
- 148
- Issue :
- 17
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Analyst
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 37486009
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d3an00533j