Abstract
Liquid chromatography (LC) coupled with absorption detection plays an important role in the analytical field. However, the miniaturisation of the whole system is still a challenging problem. Here we developed a compact and lightweight LC system with overall size of 20 cm × 16 cm × 16 cm and weight of 1.8 kg for the fast and accurate measurement of glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c). The system mainly comprises a battery-operated electrolysis micropump (EMP), a highly integrated LC microchip and an LED-based absorbance detector. The good linearity (R2 = 0.9860) and low limit of detection (LOD) (about nine times lower than the commercial detector) of the LED detector were measured to meet the requirement of the on-chip determination. The inaccuracy (≤ 4.3 %) and repeatability (≤ 2.8 %) of the LC system were successfully verified by measuring the HbA1c levels of patients with diabetes and comparing the results with those from a commercial LC instrument. Thus, the developed LC system showed great potential for accurate and point-of-care diabetes diagnostics.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 127484 |
Journal | Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical |
Volume | 305 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 15 Feb 2020 |
Keywords
- Diabetes diagnosis
- Glycated haemoglobin
- Liquid chromatography
- Point-of-care testing
- Portable