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Secure air traffic control at the hub of multiplexing on the centrifugo-pneumatic Lab-on-a-Disc platform

Ducrée, Jens orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-0366-1897 (2021) Secure air traffic control at the hub of multiplexing on the centrifugo-pneumatic Lab-on-a-Disc platform. Micromachines, 12 (6). ISSN 2072-666X

Abstract
Fluidic larger-scale integration (LSI) resides at the heart of comprehensive sample-to-answer automation and parallelization of assay panels for frequent and ubiquitous bioanalytical testing in decentralized point-of-use/point-of-care settings. This paper develops a novel “digital twin” strategy with an emphasis on rotational, centrifugo-pneumatic flow control. The underlying model systematically connects retention rates of rotationally actuated valves as a key element of LSI to experimental input parameters; for the first time, the concept of band widths in frequency space as the decisive quantity characterizing operational robustness is introduced, a set of quantitative performance metrics guiding algorithmic optimization of disc layouts is defined, and the engineering principles of advanced, logical flow control and timing are elucidated. Overall, the digital twin enables efficient design for automating multiplexed bioassay protocols on such “Lab-on-a-Disc” (LoaD) systems featuring high packing density, reliability, configurability, modularity, and manufacturability to eventually minimize cost, time, and risk of development and production
Metadata
Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:centrifugal microfluidics; Lab-on-a-Disc; centrifugo-pneumatic flow control; integration; sample-to-answer automation; multiplexing; parallelization; reliability; tolerances; design-for-manufacture; digital twin; event triggering; timing
Subjects:UNSPECIFIED
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science and Health > School of Physical Sciences
Publisher:MDPI
Official URL:https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi12060700
Copyright Information:© 2022 The Authors. Open Access (CC BY 4.0)
ID Code:27466
Deposited On:02 Aug 2022 15:23 by Thomas Murtagh . Last Modified 02 Aug 2022 15:23
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