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Hollow Microfibers of Elastomeric Nanocomposites for Fully Stretchable and Highly Sensitive Microfluidic Immunobiosensor Patch
Author(s) -
Huynh Van Long,
Trung Tran Quang,
Meeseepong Montri,
Lee HanByeol,
Nguyen Trong Danh,
Lee NaeEung
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.202004684
Subject(s) - microfiber , materials science , nanotechnology , elastomer , microfluidics , graphene , biosensor , nanocomposite , skin patch , detection limit , biomedical engineering , composite material , chromatography , chemistry , medicine
The on‐body immunodetection of biomarkers in sweat would significantly augment the potential of wearable body‐interfaced biosensors for self‐testing but has been limited due to the difficulty of integrating liquid handling and immunobiosensing devices in a wearable platform. Herein, a stretchable microfluidic immunobiosensor (SMIB) patch with hollow microfibers of elastomeric nanocomposites for the highly sensitive on‐body biosensing of neuropeptide Y (NPY), a stress biomarker, in human sweat is reported. The SMIB patch is composed of a stretchable liquid handling device and an electrochemical impedimetric immunobiosensor made of hollow and conductive microfibers of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and rGO‐Ag nanowires in polyurethane matrix, respectively. The patch possesses a low limit of detection of 50 f m , a large dynamic range (50 f m –1 n m ), good linearity, no labeling or reagent requirements, and facile formation in a patch form factor. By combining handling of the biofluid and delivery of the washing solution by a simple finger‐touch operation as well as the analytical capability of NPY with an extremely low concentration in human sweat, the SMIB patch is a promising approach toward wearable non‐invasive immunodetection for self‐testing.