Analytical Sciences


Abstract − Analytical Sciences, 32(1), 99 (2016).

Integrated Micro-Optics for Microfluidic Detection
Yuto KAZAMA* and Akihide HIBARA**
*Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8550, Japan
**Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-W4-20 Ookayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
A method of embedding micro-optics into a microfluidic device was proposed and demonstrated. First, the usefulness of embedded right-angle prisms was demonstrated in microscope observation. Lateral-view microscopic observation of an aqueous dye flow in a 100-μm-sized microchannel was demonstrated. Then, the embedded right-angle prisms were utilized for multi-beam laser spectroscopy. Here, crossed-beam thermal lens detection of a liquid sample was applied to glucose detection.