Design and Optimization of Microfluidic Chips Used for Mixing Cryoprotectants_Journal of Biomedical Engineering

Authors：

 ZHOUXinli , YIXingyue , ZHOUNanfeng , YANGYun

Institute of Biothermal Technology, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China;

Corresponding author：

ZHOUXinli, Email: zjulily@163.com

Keywords：

cryoprotectants; osmotic damage; microfluidic chip; mixing efficiency

DOI：

10.7507/1001-5515.20160078

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Microfluidic chips can be used to realize continuous cryoprotectants (CPA) loading/unloading for oocytes, reducing osmotic damage and chemical toxicity of CPA. In this study, five different Y-shape microfluidic chips were fabricated to realize the continuous CPA loading/unloading. The effects of flow rate, entrance angle, aspect ratio and turning radius of microchannels on the mixing efficiency of microfluidic chips were analyzed quantitatively. The experimental results showed that with the decrease of flow rates, the increase of aspect ratios and the decrease of turning raradius of microchannel, the mixing length decreased and the mixing velocity was promoted, while the entrance angle had little effect on the mixing efficiency. However, the operating conditions and structural parameters of the chips in practical application should be determined based on an overall consideration of CPA loading/unloading time and machining accuracy. These results would provide a reference to the application of microfluidic chip in CPA mixing.

Citation： ZHOUXinli, YIXingyue, ZHOUNanfeng, YANGYun. Design and Optimization of Microfluidic Chips Used for Mixing Cryoprotectants. Journal of Biomedical Engineering, 2016, 33(3): 461-465. doi: 10.7507/1001-5515.20160078 Copy

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4. 潘永苗,钱羽力,徐向荣,等.两种冷冻方法对人类卵巢组织卵泡形态和组织增殖活性的影响[J].生殖与避孕,2013,33(5) :300-305, 316.
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11. HANNA J, HUBEL A, LEMKE E. Diffusion-based extraction of DMSO from a cell suspension in a three stream, vertical microchannel[J]. Biotechnol Bioeng, 2012, 109(9) :2316-2324.
12. SONG Y S, MOON S, HULLI L, et al. Microfluidics for cryopreservation[J]. Lab Chip, 2009, 9(13) :1874-1881.
13. HEO Y S, LEE H J, HASSELL B A, et al. Controlled loading of cryoprotectants (CPAs) to oocyte with linear and complex CPA profiles on a microfluidic platform[J]. Lab Chip, 2011, 11(20) :3530-3537.
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17. 杨云,周新丽,周楠峰,等.用于卵母细胞保护剂添加过程的微混合器优化模拟[J].浙江农业学报,2015,27(3) :460-466.
18. LIU R H, STREMLER M A, SHARP K V, et al. Passive mixing in a three-dimensional serpentine microchannel[J]. Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2000, 9(2) :190-197.
19. LEE Y K, TABELING P, SHIH C, et al. Characterization of a MEMS-fabricated mixing device[J]. Microelectromechanical Systems(MEMS), 2000:505-511.

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