NDLI: Temperature distribution effects on micro-CFPCR performance

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Author	Chen, Pin Chuan Nikitopoulos, Dimitris E. Soper, Steven A. Murphy, Michael C.
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	Continuous flow polymerase chain reactors (CFPCRs) are BioMEMS devices that offer unique capabilities for the ultra-fast amplification of target DNA fragments using repeated thermal cycling, typically over the following temperature ranges: 90°C–95°C for denaturation, 50°C–70°C for renaturation, and 70°C–75°C for extension. In CFPCR, DNA cocktail is pumped through the constant temperature zones and reaches thermal equilibrium with the channel walls quickly due to its low thermal capacitance. In previous work, a polycarbonate CFPCR was designed with microchannels 150 μm deep, 50 μm wide, and 1.78 m long—including preheating and post-heating zones, fabricated with LIGA, and demonstrated. The high thermal resistance of the polycarbonate led to a high temperature gradient in the micro-device at steady-state and was partly responsible for the low amplification yield. Several steps were taken to ensure that there were three discrete, uniform temperature zones on the polycarbonate CFPCR device including: reducing the thickness of the CFPCR substrate to decrease thermal capacitance, using copper plates as heating elements to ensure a uniform temperature input, and making grooves between temperature zones to increase the resistance to lateral heat conduction between zones. Finite element analyses (FEA) were used to evaluate the macro temperature distribution in the CFPCR device and the micro temperature distribution along a single microchannel. At steady-state, the simulated CFPCR device had three discrete temperature zones, each with a uniform temperature distribution with a variation of ±0.3°C. An infrared (IR) camera was used to measure the steady-state temperature distribution in the prototype CFPCR and validated the simulation results. The temperature distributions along a microchannel at flow velocities from 0 mm/s to 6 mm/s were used to estimate the resulting temperatures of the DNA reagents in a single microchannel. A 500 bp DNA fragment was generated from a bacteriophage λ-DNA target using 20 cycles of PCR. The amplification efficiencies compared to a commercial thermal cycler were 72.7% (2 mm/s), 44% (3 mm/s), and 29.4% (4 mm/s). The amplification efficiency with the modified CFPCR device increased by 363% at 2 mm/s and 440% at 3 mm/s compared to amplification obtained using a CFPCR device with the same fluidic layout, (Hashimoto et al., Lab Chip 4:638, 2004) strictly due to the improved temperature distribution.
Starting Page	141
Ending Page	152
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13872176
Journal	Biomedical Microdevices
Volume Number	10
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15728781
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2007-09-26
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	PCR Continuous flow PCR Micro PCR Thermal management Finite element simulation Engineering Fluid Dynamics Nanotechnology Biophysics/Biomedical Physics Biomedical Engineering
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Molecular Biology Biomedical Engineering

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