Miniature Acoustic Resonator for Enhanced Lab-on-a-Chip Electroanalysis

Abstract

In lab-on-a-chip electroanalysis, the mass transfer of electroactive species towards the electrode surface limits the detection performance due to the difficulty in applying external convection. In this study, we proposed to integrate miniature acoustic resonator, fabricated by microelectrochemical system, within on-chip electroanalytical platform to improve electrochemical process. Gold film electrochemical sensor chip and acoustic resonator were assembled face-to-face with a polydimethylsiloxane chamber in between. Cyclic voltammetric (CV) responses of ferrocenemethanol were tested under actuation of miniature acoustic resonator at various powers. Resonator’s actuation results in sigmoidal CV curves and the diffusion limited current increases with the rise of applied power on resonator. The advantages of miniature acoustic resonator, including submillimeter small size, mass fabricability, low cost, low energy consumption, as well as outstanding performance towards enhancing electrochemical process, will strongly contribute to the development of highly-sensitive compact sono-electroanalytical devices.