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Hang Ji

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PubMed2006

Picoliter-volume aqueous droplets in oil: electrochemical detection and yeast cell electroporation.

An electrochemical detection method was introduced for aqueous droplet analysis in oil phase of microfluidic devices. This method is based on the electrochemical signal difference between aqueous and oil. Applying a low alternating current (AC) voltage to a couple of Au microelectrodes, this method can offer size information and ion concentration range from 0.02 mmol/L to 1 mol/L of tens of picoliter to nanoliter aqueous droplets. Alternatively, applying a relative high AC voltage (18 Vpp) at a frequency of 1 kHz leads to electroporation of yeast cells encapsulated into picoliter droplets. We believe that this simple technique is useful for a number of aqueous droplet-based chemical and biological analyses as well as cell electroporation.

Electrochemistry↗
PubMed2005

PDMS microfludic device for optical detection of protein immunoassay using gold nanoparticles.

A simple but highly specific immunoassay system for goat anti-human IgG has been developed using gold nanoparticles and microfluidic techniques. The assay is based on the deposition of gold nanoparticles that are coated with protein antigens in the presence of their corresponding antibodies to microfluidic channel surface. The effects of time accumulation, the flow velocity, and the concentration of antibodies to the red light absorption percentage (RAP) of deposition were investigated with an ordinary optical microscope. By controlling the reaction time and flow velocity, a dynamic range of 3 orders of magnitude and a detection sensitivity of 10 ng ml(-1) of goat anti-human IgG were achieved. Because of its simplicity and flexibility, this new technique should be useful for fast, highthroughput screening of antibodies in clinical diagnostic applications.

Animals↗
PubMed2003

Paralyzed masseter muscle reinnervation by facial nerve implantation or anastomosis: a comparative study in rabbits.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the changes in the physiological and structural properties of the masseter muscle after reinnervation through different reinnervation methods. METHOD: Twenty-four adult rabbits were randomly divided into groups A and B (n=12) after the establishment of masseter muscle paralysis, followed by facial nerve anastomosis with the masseteric nerves in group A and facial nerve implantation into the masseter muscle in group B. At 1, 3 and 6 months after the operation, gross observation and wet weight measurement of the muscles were conducted along with myoelectric activity and enzyme- histochemical analyses and ultrastructural observation as well. RESULTS: The reinnervation of the masseter muscle by both facial nerve anastomosis and implantation was confirmed and the muscles recovered their motion of contraction activity. Changes took place in the histochemical types of the muscle fibers, which tended to assume the properties typical of facial muscles. Three months after the operation, the muscle fiber conduction velocity recovery after the reinnervation by the two methods was significantly different (P<0.01), but not so till 6 months postoperatively (P>0.05). CONCLUSION: This two methods are both effective in the reinnervation of the muscles, but in one-stage operation, intramuscular nerve implantation is relatively less complicated in operation and causes less damage while producing similar effects to that by nerve anastomosis.

Anastomosis, Surgical↗