Microfluidic analytical systems for food analysis

Atalay, Yegermal Tesfaw; Vermeir, Steven; Witters, Daan; Vergauwe, Nicolas; Verbruggen, Bert; Verboven, Pieter; Nicolaı̈, Bart; Lammertyn, Jeroen

doi:10.1016/j.tifs.2011.05.001

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“…In diffusion mixing, the diffusion zone between two different liquid streams expands as it flows down the channel and takes a very long time. The flow velocity, diffusivity of the mixing components, width and depth of the channel, and structures of the microfluidic systems (Atalay et al, 2011) influence channel length and reaction time to complete mixing.…”

Section: Driving and Control Of Fluidsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Applications of Microfluidics in the Agro-Food Sector: A Review

Kim¹,

Lim²,

Mo³

2016

Journal of Biosystems Engineering

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Background: Microfluidics is of considerable importance in food and agricultural industries. Microfluidics processes low volumes of fluids in channels with extremely small dimensions of tens of micrometers. It enables the miniaturization of analytical devices and reductions in cost and turnaround times. This allows automation, high-throughput analysis, and processing in food and agricultural applications. Purpose: This review aims to provide information on the applications of microfluidics in the agro-food sector to overcome limitations posed by conventional technologies. Results: Microfluidics contributes to medical diagnosis, biological analysis, drug discovery, chemical synthesis, biotechnology, gene sequencing, and ecology. Recently, the applications of microfluidics in food and agricultural industries have increased. A few examples of these applications include food safety analysis, food processing, and animal production. This study examines the fundamentals of microfluidics including fabrication, control, applications, and future trends of microfluidics in the agro-food sector. Conclusions: Future research efforts should focus on developing a small portable platform with modules for fluid handling, sample preparation, and signal detection electronics.

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Section: Driving and Control Of Fluidsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This helps in understanding the transport phenomena and in optimizing geometries, structures, and dimensions. Hence, the cost and time to develop a microfluidic device could be reduced (Atalay et al, 2011).…”

Section: Driving and Control Of Fluidsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Applications of Microfluidics in the Agro-Food Sector: A Review

Kim¹,

Lim²,

Mo³

2016

Journal of Biosystems Engineering

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“…In this regard, developments in planar-array and suspensionarray technologies have demonstrated their potential in detecting pathogens, food allergens and adulterants, toxins, antibiotics, and environmental contaminants [156]. In this context, microfluidics technology has also shown interesting applications for food analysis although more effort has to be put on the development of multipurpose microfluidic platforms that integrate multiple unit operations for real food sample analysis [157]. Miniaturized systems and their applications are expected to keep growing in food analysis.…”

Section: Present Challenges In Food Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Food Analysis: Present, Future, and Foodomics

Cifuentes

2012

ISRN Analytical Chemistry

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This paper presents a revision on the instrumental analytical techniques and methods used in food analysis together with their main applications in food science research. The present paper includes a brief historical perspective on food analysis, together with a deep revision on the current state of the art of modern analytical instruments, methodologies, and applications in food analysis with a special emphasis on the works published on this topic in the last three years (2009)(2010)(2011). The article also discusses the present and future challenges in food analysis, the application of "omics" in food analysis (including epigenomics, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics), and provides an overview on the new discipline of Foodomics.

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“…Microfluidic process has become an attractive technology for numerous applications [Atalay et al, 2011;Cho et al, 2011;Napoli et al, 2011;Schirhagl et al, 2010;Thompson et al, 2010;Zhang et al, 2011] due to unique characteristics, such as: i) efficient and rapid mix leading to rapid chemical reaction; ii) homogeneous reaction environments; iii) continuously varied reaction conditions and iv) precise time intervals to add reagents during reaction [deMello, 2006;DeMello & DeMello, 2004]. Therefore, the application of the microfluidic devices improves the control of the synthesis parameters and thus the nanoparticle sizes and properties [Il Park et al, 2010] and optimizes the miniaturization of the microstructures.…”

Section: Principles and Advantagesmentioning

confidence: 99%