Title
A new cross contamination aware routing method with intelligent path exploration in digital microfluidic biochips
Abstract
Digital microfluidic systems in recent years have been developed as an alternative platform for execution of multiple conventional laboratory methods simultaneously on a single planar 2D array of electrodes targeted for biochemical analysis and biomedical applications. Due to its discrete nature droplets can be manipulated through multiple reconfigurable paths derived by preprogrammed electrode actuation sequences through this planar array known as digital microfluidic biochip system. Cross contamination between heterogeneous samples turns out to be a major issue concerned with transportation of droplets and correctness of the detection results for the bioassay protocols -which is highly significant for clinical diagnostics and toxicity monitoring applications. In this paper we have proposed an intelligent route path exploration technique that attempts partially or completely to avoid the number of cross contamination depending on the fluidic constraints employed during routing. The path is further refined using intelligent detour by identifying zones of friction between two adjacent route paths that optimizes the overall route time by reducing the overall time for stalling while routing -as well as further optimization of resources to be utilized. The simulation is carried out on test benches of benchmark suite I and benchmark suite III. The results show improvement in overall as well as average route time and major reduction in the number of crossovers.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/DTIS.2013.6527777
Design & Technology of Integrated Systems in Nanoscale Era
Keywords
Field
DocType
bioMEMS,bioelectric phenomena,biomechanics,contamination,drops,friction,lab-on-a-chip,microelectrodes,microfluidics,bioassay protocols,biochemical analysis,biomedical applications,clinical diagnostics,cross contamination aware routing method,digital microfluidic biochip system,digital microfluidic systems,discrete nature droplets,friction zone identification,intelligent detour,intelligent route path exploration technique,multiple conventional laboratory methods,preprogrammed electrode actuation sequences,single planar 2D array,toxicity monitoring applications,Cross contamination,algorithm,detour,digital microfluidics,resource utilization,routing
Fluidics,Planar array,Biochip,Suite,Computer science,Correctness,Microfluidics,Real-time computing,Electronic engineering,Planar,Lab-on-a-chip
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4673-6038-8
5
0.43
References 
Authors
11
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Pranab Roy14714.15
Howladar, P.250.43
Bhattacharjee, R.351.11
Hafizur Rahaman436891.37