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Application of SERS-Based Microfluidics for In Vitro Diagnostics

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Applications of Microfluidic Systems in Biology and Medicine

Part of the book series: Bioanalysis ((BIOANALYSIS,volume 7))

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In this chapter, we describe SERS-based immunoassay techniques using various types of microfluidic platforms. SERS is a highly sensitive detection modality, and microfluidic platforms provide many advantages such as automatic sampling and reduced sample volume. Therefore, the integration of SERS with microfluidic platforms offers wide applications in chemical or biological analysis. These novel SERS-based microfluidic platforms provide a powerful clinical tool for highly sensitive in vitro diagnostics.

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The National Research Foundation of Korea supported this work through grant numbers 2017M3D1A1039287 and 2018M3A7B4071203. This work was also supported by a grant of the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (grant number: HG18C0062) and by the Agency for Chemical & Biological Detection Research Center (CBDRC).

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    Jinhyeok Jeon & Namhyun Choi

  2. Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea

    Joung-Il Moon, Hao Chen & Jaebum Choo

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Jeon, J., Choi, N., Moon, JI., Chen, H., Choo, J. (2019). Application of SERS-Based Microfluidics for In Vitro Diagnostics. In: Tokeshi, M. (eds) Applications of Microfluidic Systems in Biology and Medicine . Bioanalysis, vol 7. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6229-3_3

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