Tunable Thermal-Sensitive Polymer-Graphene Oxide Composite for Efficient Capture and Release of Viable Circulating Tumor Cells.

Yoon, Hyeun Joong; Shanker, Apoorv; Wang, Yang; Kozminsky, Molly; Jin, Qu; Palanisamy, Nallasivam; Burness, Monika L; Azizi, Ebrahim et al. · Adv Mater · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A highly sensitive microfluidic system to capture circulating tumor cells from whole blood of cancer patients is presented. The device incorporates graphene oxide into a thermoresponsive polymer film to serve as the first step of an antibody functionalization chemistry. By decreasing the temperature, captured cells may be released for subsequent analysis.

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