Cocaine detection by a mid-infrared waveguide integrated with a microfluidic chip

Lab Chip. 2012 Sep 7;12(17):3020-3. doi: 10.1039/c2lc40601b. Epub 2012 Jul 18.

Abstract

A germanium (Ge) strip waveguide on a silicon (Si) substrate is integrated with a microfluidic chip to detect cocaine in tetrachloroethylene (PCE) solutions. In the evanescent field of the waveguide, cocaine absorbs the light near 5.8 μm, which is emitted from a quantum cascade laser. This device is ideal for (bio-)chemical sensing applications.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cocaine / analysis*
  • Germanium / chemistry
  • Lasers, Semiconductor
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / instrumentation
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / methods*
  • Silicon / chemistry
  • Spectrophotometry, Infrared*
  • Tetrachloroethylene / chemistry

Substances

  • Germanium
  • Cocaine
  • Tetrachloroethylene
  • Silicon