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Perspective on thin film waveguides for on-chip mid-infrared spectroscopy of liquid biochemical analytes

Perspective on thin film waveguides for on-chip mid-infrared spectroscopy of liquid biochemical analytes
Perspective on thin film waveguides for on-chip mid-infrared spectroscopy of liquid biochemical analytes

Miniaturized spectrometers offering low cost, low reagent consumption, high throughput, sensitivity and automation are the future of sensing and have significant applications in environmental monitoring, food safety, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare. Midinfrared (MIR) spectroscopy employing complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) compatible thin film waveguides and microfluidics shows great promise toward highly integrated and robust detection tools and liquid handling. This perspective provides an overview of the emergence of thin film optical waveguides used for evanescent field sensing of liquid chemical and biological samples for MIR absorption spectroscopy. The state of the art of new material and waveguide systems used for spectroscopic measurements in the MIR is presented. An outlook on the advantages and future of waveguide-based MIR spectroscopy for application in clinical settings for point-of-care biochemical analysis is discussed.

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Mittal, Vinita
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Mashanovich, Goran
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Wilkinson, James S.
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Mittal, Vinita
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Mashanovich, Goran
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Wilkinson, James S.
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Mittal, Vinita, Mashanovich, Goran and Wilkinson, James S. (2020) Perspective on thin film waveguides for on-chip mid-infrared spectroscopy of liquid biochemical analytes. Analytical Chemistry, 92 (16), 10891-10901. (doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.0c01296).

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Miniaturized spectrometers offering low cost, low reagent consumption, high throughput, sensitivity and automation are the future of sensing and have significant applications in environmental monitoring, food safety, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare. Midinfrared (MIR) spectroscopy employing complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) compatible thin film waveguides and microfluidics shows great promise toward highly integrated and robust detection tools and liquid handling. This perspective provides an overview of the emergence of thin film optical waveguides used for evanescent field sensing of liquid chemical and biological samples for MIR absorption spectroscopy. The state of the art of new material and waveguide systems used for spectroscopic measurements in the MIR is presented. An outlook on the advantages and future of waveguide-based MIR spectroscopy for application in clinical settings for point-of-care biochemical analysis is discussed.

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Accepted/In Press date: 13 July 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 28 July 2020
Published date: 18 August 2020
Additional Information: Funding Information: The authors would like to acknowledge the EPSRC Electronic-Photonic Convergence Platform grant (EP/N013247/1). Publisher Copyright: © 2020 American Chemical Society.

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Local EPrints ID: 442942
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/442942
ISSN: 0003-2700
PURE UUID: 351dd988-bd9f-48cd-bce4-ea154cb0df0b
ORCID for Vinita Mittal: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4836-5327
ORCID for Goran Mashanovich: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2954-5138
ORCID for James S. Wilkinson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4712-1697

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Date deposited: 03 Aug 2020 16:49
Last modified: 29 Oct 2024 02:45

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Author: Vinita Mittal ORCID iD
Author: Goran Mashanovich ORCID iD

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