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A Droplet-Based Microfluidic Approach and Microsphere-PCR Amplification for Single-Stranded DNA Amplicons
Published on: November 14, 2018
Analysis of PCR Kinetics inside a Microfluidic DNA Amplification System
1Department of Biomechatronics Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, 1 Shuefu Road, Neipu, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan. chaucer@mail.npust.edu.tw.
Abstract:
In order to analyze the DNA amplification numerically with integration of the DNA kinetics, three-dimensional simulations, including flow and thermal fields, and one-dimensional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) kinetics are presented. The simulated results are compared with experimental data that have been applied to the operation of a continuous-flow PCR device. Microchannels fabricated by Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technologies are shown. Comprehensive simulations of the flow and thermal fields and experiments measuring temperatures during thermal cycling are presented first. The resultant velocity and temperature profiles from the simulations are introduced to the mathematical models of PCR kinetics. Then kinetic equations are utilized to determine the evolution of the species concentrations inside the DNA mixture along the microchannel. The exponential growth of the double-stranded DNA concentration is investigated numerically with the various operational parameters during PCR. Next a 190-bp segment of Bartonella DNA is amplified to evaluate the PCR performance. The trends of the experimental results and numerical data regarding the DNA amplification are similar. The unique architecture built in this study can be applied to a low-cost portable PCR system in the future.
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