Article Title

A titanium dioxide nanorod array as a high-affinity nano-bio interface of a microfluidic device for efficient capture of circulating tumor cells

Authors

Jichuan Qiu, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences; National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), Beijing 100083, China Bio-Micro-Nano Functional Materials Center, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
Kun Zhao, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences; National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), Beijing 100083, China
Linlin Li, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences; National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), Beijing 100083, China
Xin Yu, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences; National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), Beijing 100083, China
Weibo Guo, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences; National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), Beijing 100083, China
Shu Wang, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences; National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), Beijing 100083, China
Xiaodi Zhang, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences; National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), Beijing 100083, China
Caofeng Pan, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences; National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), Beijing 100083, China
Zhong Lin Wang, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences; National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), Beijing 100083, China
Hong Liu, Bio-Micro-Nano Functional Materials Center, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China

Keywords

TiO2 nanorod array, circulating tumor cell, microfluidic device, nano-bio interface, 3D hierarchical structure

Abstract

ABSTRACT Nanomaterials show promising opportunities to address clinical problems (such as insufficient capture of circulating tumor cells; CTCs) via the high surface area-to-volume ratio and high affinity for biological cells. However, how to apply these nanomaterials as a nano-bio interface in a microfluidic device for efficient CTC capture with high specificity remains a challenge. In the present work, we first found that a titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanorod array that can be conveniently prepared on multiple kinds of substrates has high affinity for tumor cells. Then, the TiO2 nanorod array was vertically grown on the surface of a microchannel with hexagonally patterned Si micropillars via a hydrothermal reaction, forming a new kind of a micro-nano 3D hierarchically structured microfluidic device. The vertically grown TiO2 nanorod array was used as a sensitive nano-bio interface of this 3D hierarchically structured microfluidic device, which showed high efficiency of CTC capture (76.7% ± 7.1%) in an artificial whole-blood sample.

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-016-1313-5

Publisher

Tsinghua University Press

Recommended Citation

Jichuan Qiu,Kun Zhao,Linlin Li,Xin Yu,Weibo Guo,Shu Wang,Xiaodi Zhang,Caofeng Pan,Zhong Lin Wang,Hong Liu, A titanium dioxide nanorod array as a high-affinity nano-bio interface of a microfluidic device for efficient capture of circulating tumor cells. NanoRes.2017, 10(3): 776–784