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Optofluidic UV-Vis spectrophotometer for online monitoring of photocatalytic reactions
On-chip integration of optical detection units into the microfluidic systems for online monitoring is highly desirable for many applications and is also well in line with the spirit of optofluidics technology–fusion of optics and microfluidics for advanced functionalities. This paper reports the con...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4926220/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27352840 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep28928 |
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author | Wang, Ning Tan, Furui Zhao, Yu Tsoi, Chi Chung Fan, Xudong Yu, Weixing Zhang, Xuming |
author_facet | Wang, Ning Tan, Furui Zhao, Yu Tsoi, Chi Chung Fan, Xudong Yu, Weixing Zhang, Xuming |
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description | On-chip integration of optical detection units into the microfluidic systems for online monitoring is highly desirable for many applications and is also well in line with the spirit of optofluidics technology–fusion of optics and microfluidics for advanced functionalities. This paper reports the construction of a UV-Vis spectrophotometer on a microreactor, and demonstrates the online monitoring of the photocatalytic degradations of methylene blue and methyl orange under different flow rates and different pH values by detecting the intensity change and/or the peak shift. The integrated device consists of a TiO(2)-coated glass substrate, a PDMS micro-sized reaction chamber and two flow cells. By comparing with the results of commercial equipment, we have found that the measuring range and the sensitivity are acceptable, especially when the transmittance is in the range of 0.01–0.9. This integrated optofluidic device can significantly cut down the test time and the sample volume, and would provide a versatile platform for real-time characterization of photochemical performance. Moreover, its online monitoring capability may enable to access the usually hidden information in biochemical reactions like intermediate products, time-dependent processes and reaction kinetics. |
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spelling | pubmed-49262202016-07-01 Optofluidic UV-Vis spectrophotometer for online monitoring of photocatalytic reactions Wang, Ning Tan, Furui Zhao, Yu Tsoi, Chi Chung Fan, Xudong Yu, Weixing Zhang, Xuming Sci Rep Article On-chip integration of optical detection units into the microfluidic systems for online monitoring is highly desirable for many applications and is also well in line with the spirit of optofluidics technology–fusion of optics and microfluidics for advanced functionalities. This paper reports the construction of a UV-Vis spectrophotometer on a microreactor, and demonstrates the online monitoring of the photocatalytic degradations of methylene blue and methyl orange under different flow rates and different pH values by detecting the intensity change and/or the peak shift. The integrated device consists of a TiO(2)-coated glass substrate, a PDMS micro-sized reaction chamber and two flow cells. By comparing with the results of commercial equipment, we have found that the measuring range and the sensitivity are acceptable, especially when the transmittance is in the range of 0.01–0.9. This integrated optofluidic device can significantly cut down the test time and the sample volume, and would provide a versatile platform for real-time characterization of photochemical performance. Moreover, its online monitoring capability may enable to access the usually hidden information in biochemical reactions like intermediate products, time-dependent processes and reaction kinetics. Nature Publishing Group 2016-06-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4926220/ /pubmed/27352840 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep28928 Text en Copyright © 2016, Macmillan Publishers Limited http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Article Wang, Ning Tan, Furui Zhao, Yu Tsoi, Chi Chung Fan, Xudong Yu, Weixing Zhang, Xuming Optofluidic UV-Vis spectrophotometer for online monitoring of photocatalytic reactions |
title | Optofluidic UV-Vis spectrophotometer for online monitoring of photocatalytic reactions |
title_full | Optofluidic UV-Vis spectrophotometer for online monitoring of photocatalytic reactions |
title_fullStr | Optofluidic UV-Vis spectrophotometer for online monitoring of photocatalytic reactions |
title_full_unstemmed | Optofluidic UV-Vis spectrophotometer for online monitoring of photocatalytic reactions |
title_short | Optofluidic UV-Vis spectrophotometer for online monitoring of photocatalytic reactions |
title_sort | optofluidic uv-vis spectrophotometer for online monitoring of photocatalytic reactions |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4926220/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27352840 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep28928 |
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