Non-contact fluorescent bleaching-independent method for temperature measurement in microfluidic systems based on DNA melting curves

Lab Chip. 2010 Oct 21;10(20):2818-21. doi: 10.1039/c005243d. Epub 2010 Sep 7.

Abstract

This report introduces a bleaching-independent temperature measurement method based on the analysis of the fluorescence emitted during the melting of DNA molecules with the SYBR-Green I intercalator, in a microvolume where the strong non-linearity of the signal is used to eliminate the photobleaching effect as well as to determine the heat transfer rate between a heater and the sample and the temperature non-uniformity within the sample.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • DNA / chemistry*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence / instrumentation*
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / instrumentation*
  • Thermometers*
  • Transition Temperature

Substances

  • DNA