Technology of microfluidic system fabrication for amperometric measurement of ascorbic acid concentration

In this paper, a microfluidic system for L-ascorbic acid concentration measurement using the amperometric detection method is presented. The system was developed basing on computer simulations obtained with software COMSOL. Different technologies and techniques such as: deep silicon plasma etching in Bosch method, plasma polymerization, soft lithography with Si template and elastomer PDMS, UV lithography, magnetron sputtering, lift-off and electrochemical surface modification were applied. L-ascorbic acid is electrochemically active compound. In the designed system for immunoenzymatic test ELISA with alkaline phosphatase as an enzymatic label, this compound is a final product of enzymatic reaction. It allows indirect electrochemical measurement of concentration of electrochemically inactive analytes, important in medical diagnostics, such as: C-reactive protein, fibrinogen or troponins. (Technology of microfluidic system fabrication for amperometric measurement of ascorbic acid concentration).