Self-Adhesive, Biocompatible, Wearable Microfluidics with Erasable Liquid Metal Plasmonic Hotspots for Glucose Detection in Sweat

Q Yuan, H Fang, X Wu, J Wu, X Luo… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Q Yuan, H Fang, X Wu, J Wu, X Luo, R Peng, S Xu, S Yan
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023ACS Publications
Sweat is a noninvasive metabolite that can provide clinically meaningful information about
physical conditions without harming the body. Glucose, a vital component in sweat, is
closely related to blood glucose levels, and changes in its concentration can reflect the
health status of diabetics. We introduce a self-adhesive, wearable microfluidic chip with
erasable liquid metal plasmonic hotspots for the precise detection of glucose concentration
in sweat. The self-adhesive, wearable microfluidic chip is made from modified …
Sweat is a noninvasive metabolite that can provide clinically meaningful information about physical conditions without harming the body. Glucose, a vital component in sweat, is closely related to blood glucose levels, and changes in its concentration can reflect the health status of diabetics. We introduce a self-adhesive, wearable microfluidic chip with erasable liquid metal plasmonic hotspots for the precise detection of glucose concentration in sweat. The self-adhesive, wearable microfluidic chip is made from modified polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with enhanced stickiness, enabling conformal contact with the skin, and can collect, deliver, and store sweat. The plasmonic hotspots are located inside the microfluidic channel, are generated by synthesizing silver nanostructures on liquid metal, and can be removed in the alkaline solution. It indicates the erasable and reproducible nature of the plasmonic hotspots. The detection method is based on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), which allows for accurate detection of the glucose concentration. To enhance the sensitive detection of glucose, the SERS substrate is modified by 4-mercaptophenylboronic acid to achieve the limit of detection of 1 ng/L glucose, which is much lower than the physiological conditions (7.2–25.2 μg/L). The developed microfluidic chip is soft, stretchable, and nontoxic, bringing new possibilities to wearable sweat-sensing devices.
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