Nowadays, different chemical and physical transfection techniques are used to delivery biomolecules of interest (e.g. DNA, RNA, proteins) into cells. Among the physical methods, electroporation generates transient pores in the plasma membrane by applying electrical pulses to suspended cells. One of its main limitations is the lack of spatio-temporal control over the process: it does not allow to select single cells (desirable requirement especially in highly heterogeneous tissues), and to monitor the transfection results in real-time. To circumvent these disadvantages, alternative microscale approaches are increasingly required. This work presents an integrated platform consisting of a gold microelectrode array (MEA) for singlesite electroporation and fluidic channels for controlled delivery of bio-chemical entities . In order to improve the efficiency of electroporation, the gold electrodes were coated with a thin film of nanostructured of Titanium Dioxide .
http://hdl.handle.net/11582/10037
Titolo: | Functionalized microelectrodes arrays with integrated microfluidic channels for single-site multiple |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2010 |
Abstract: | Nowadays, different chemical and physical transfection techniques are used to delivery biomolecules of interest (e.g. DNA, RNA, proteins) into cells. Among the physical methods, electroporation generates transient pores in the plasma membrane by applying electrical pulses to suspended cells. One of its main limitations is the lack of spatio-temporal control over the process: it does not allow to select single cells (desirable requirement especially in highly heterogeneous tissues), and to monitor the transfection results in real-time. To circumvent these disadvantages, alternative microscale approaches are increasingly required. This work presents an integrated platform consisting of a gold microelectrode array (MEA) for singlesite electroporation and fluidic channels for controlled delivery of bio-chemical entities . In order to improve the efficiency of electroporation, the gold electrodes were coated with a thin film of nanostructured of Titanium Dioxide . |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11582/10037 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno |
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