Development of an Alginate/TiO2-based Microfluidic Biosystem for Chrono-sampling and Sensing of Glucose in Artificial Sweat
- Authors:
- S. Garcia-Rey, E. Gil-Hernandeza, U. Bimendra Gunatilake, L. Basabe-Desmonts, F. Benito-Lopez
- Year:
- 2023
- Journal:
- Sens. Actuators B
- Impact Factor:
- 9.221
- Quartile:
- Q1
- Volume:
- 382
- ISBN/ISSN:
- 0925-4005
- DOI:
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2023.133514
- Description:
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Glucose is an analyte of great importance, both in the clinical and sports fields. As an alternative to standard blood analysis, sweat arises as an easily accessible, non-invasive biofluid, as well as a great candidate to monitor human health and sport performance of athletes. However, there is a current need for the fabrication of low cost, easy to use technologies capable of sequential analysis of sweat biomarkers at different times. In this research, we developed a chrono-sampling microfluidic platform integrated with an alginate/TiO2 biosystem for sweat glucose determination. Glucose concentrations ranging from 10 to 1000 µM in artificial sweat were detected and quantified, both in a bead format and in the device, where the whole system was calibrated and verified. The PDMS microfluidic platform allowed chrono-sampling over more than 42 min. This research is oriented towards the development of a miniaturized device for fast analysis at the point and place of need. The integration of the chrono-sampling capacity opens the possibility for a continuous monitoring of sweat biomarkers during exercise, allowing a personalized-oriented training to improve the performance of athletes.