PMID- 16613632 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060606 LR - 20131121 IS - 0003-7028 (Print) IS - 0003-7028 (Linking) VI - 60 IP - 4 DP - 2006 Apr TI - Quantitative analysis of methyl parathion pesticides in a polydimethylsiloxane microfluidic channel using confocal surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. PG - 373-7 AB - A fast and ultra-sensitive trace analysis of methyl parathion pesticides in a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microfluidic channel was investigated using confocal surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). A three-dimensional PDMS-based passive micromixer was fabricated for this purpose. This PDMS micromixer showed a high mixing efficiency because a strong chaotic advection was developed by the simultaneous vertical and transverse dispersion of the confluent streams. The confocal SERS signal was measured after methyl parathion pesticides were effectively adsorbed onto silver nanoparticles while flowing along the upper and lower alligator-teeth-shaped PDMS channel. A quantitative analysis of the methyl parathion pesticides was performed based on the measured peak height at 1246 cm-1. Our method has a detection limit of 0.1 ppm. This value satisfies the requirement recommended by the Collaborative International Pesticides Analytical Council (CIPAC) for the determination of methyl parathion in pesticide formulations. This study demonstrates the feasibility of using confocal SERS for the highly sensitive detection of methyl parathion pesticides in a PDMS microfluidic channel. FAU - Lee, Donghoon AU - Lee D AD - Department of Applied Chemistry, Hanyang University, Ansan 426-791, South Korea. FAU - Lee, Sangyeop AU - Lee S FAU - Seong, Gi Hun AU - Seong GH FAU - Choo, Jaebum AU - Choo J FAU - Lee, Eun Kyu AU - Lee EK FAU - Gweon, Dae-Gab AU - Gweon DG FAU - Lee, Sanghoon AU - Lee S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Appl Spectrosc JT - Applied spectroscopy JID - 0372406 RN - 0 (Dimethylpolysiloxanes) RN - 0 (Pesticides) RN - 0 (Silicones) RN - 0 (Silver Compounds) RN - 41BCL2O91D (Methyl Parathion) RN - 63148-62-9 (baysilon) SB - IM MH - Calibration MH - Dimethylpolysiloxanes/*chemistry MH - Methyl Parathion/*analysis MH - Microfluidic Analytical Techniques/*instrumentation MH - Microscopy, Confocal/*methods MH - Pesticides/*analysis MH - Sensitivity and Specificity MH - Silicones/*chemistry MH - Silver Compounds/chemistry MH - Spectrum Analysis, Raman/*methods EDAT- 2006/04/15 09:00 MHDA- 2006/06/07 09:00 CRDT- 2006/04/15 09:00 PHST- 2006/04/15 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/06/07 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/04/15 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1366/000370206776593762 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Appl Spectrosc. 2006 Apr;60(4):373-7. doi: 10.1366/000370206776593762.