Quartz Crystal Micro-balance with Dissipation factor monitoring (QCM_D) for Cancer control Protocol

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudio Nicolini ◽  
Claudio Ando Nicolini ◽  
Nicola Luigi Bragazzi ◽  
Eugenia Pechkova
Keyword(s):  
Quartz Crystal ◽  
Cancer Control ◽  
Dissipation Factor ◽  
Control Protocol ◽  
Micro Balance

scholarly journals Determination of surface-induced platelet activation by applying time-dependency dissipation factor versus frequency using quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (60) ◽  
pp. 988-997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julien Fatisson ◽  
Sania Mansouri ◽  
Daniel Yacoub ◽  
Yahye Merhi ◽  
Maryam Tabrizian
Keyword(s):  
Platelet Activation ◽  
Quartz Crystal Microbalance ◽  
Quartz Crystal ◽  
Dissipation Factor ◽  
Surface Hydrophobicity ◽  
Activation Rate ◽  
Immunofluorescence Labelling ◽  
Activation Rates

Platelet adhesion and activation rates are frequently used to assess the thrombogenicity of biomaterials, which is a crucial step for the development of blood-contacting devices. Until now, electron and confocal microscopes have been used to investigate platelet activation but they failed to characterize this activation quantitatively and in real time. In order to overcome these limitations, quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D) was employed and an explicit time scale introduced in the dissipation versus frequency plots ( Df–t ) provided us with quantitative data at different stages of platelet activation. The QCM-D chips were coated with thrombogenic and non-thrombogenic model proteins to develop the methodology, further extended to investigate polymer thrombogenicity. Electron microscopy and immunofluorescence labelling were used to validate the QCM-D data and confirmed the relevance of Df–t plots to discriminate the activation rate among protein-modified surfaces. The responses showed the predominant role of surface hydrophobicity and roughness towards platelet activation and thereby towards polymer thrombogenicity. Modelling experimental data obtained with QCM-D with a Matlab code allowed us to define the rate at which mass change occurs ( A / B ), to obtain an A / B value for each polymer and correlate this value with polymer thrombogenicity.

scholarly journals Blood Coagulation Testing Smartphone Platform Using Quartz Crystal Microbalance Dissipation Method

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 3073 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia Yao ◽  
Bin Feng ◽  
Zhiqi Zhang ◽  
Chuanyu Li ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Coagulation ◽  
Quartz Crystal Microbalance ◽  
Quartz Crystal ◽  
Clinical Laboratory ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Dissipation Factor ◽  
Parylene C ◽  
Adhesive Surface ◽  
Self Testing ◽  
Coagulation Testing

Blood coagulation function monitoring is important for people who are receiving anticoagulation treatment and a portable device is needed by these patients for blood coagulation self-testing. In this paper, a novel smartphone based blood coagulation test platform was proposed. It was developed based on parylene-C coated quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) dissipation measuring and analysis. The parylene-C coating constructed a robust and adhesive surface for fibrin capturing. The dissipation factor was obtained by measuring the frequency response of the sensor. All measured data were sent to a smartphone via Bluetooth for dissipation calculation and blood coagulation results computation. Two major coagulation indexes, activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) and prothrombin time (PT) were measured on this platform compared with results by a commercial hemostasis system in a clinical laboratory. The measurement results showed that the adjusted R-square (R2) value for APTT and PT measurements were 0.985 and 0.961 respectively. The QCM dissipation method for blood coagulation measurement was reliable and effective and the platform together with the QCM dissipation method was a promising solution for point of care blood coagulation testing.

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