Fireflies-On-A-Chip: (Ionic Liquid)-Aqueous Microdroplets for Biphasic Chemical Analysis

Inspired by the enchanting bioluminescence of fireflies, herein microfluidic droplet‐based ‘fireflies’ for non‐invasive biphasic chemical analysis are demonstrated. Bicompartmental droplets are created where a model analyte is transported from the aqueous compartment to the adjacent ionic liquid seg...

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Veröffentlicht in:Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) Germany), 2012-07, Vol.8 (14), p.2152-2157
Hauptverfasser: Barikbin, Zahra, Rahman, Md. Taifur, Khan, Saif A.
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Zusammenfassung:Inspired by the enchanting bioluminescence of fireflies, herein microfluidic droplet‐based ‘fireflies’ for non‐invasive biphasic chemical analysis are demonstrated. Bicompartmental droplets are created where a model analyte is transported from the aqueous compartment to the adjacent ionic liquid segment, yielding a bright fluid firefly structure via a localized catalytic reaction. Analysis of fluorescence emission kinetics and a method to passively decouple the two compartments at a constriction are presented.
ISSN:1613-6810
1613-6829
DOI:10.1002/smll.201102748