Small-Size Polymerase Chain Reaction Device with Improved Heat Transfer and Combined Feedforward/Feedback Control Strategy
| Autor: | Gediminas Mikutis, Robert N. Grass, Wendelin J. Stark, Michele Gregorini |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Materials science
Thermal cycler General Chemical Engineering Feed forward 02 engineering and technology General Chemistry Temperature cycling 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Thermal conduction Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Automotive engineering Quantitative PCR instrument 020401 chemical engineering Heat transfer Thermal mass Transient (oscillation) 0204 chemical engineering 0210 nano-technology |
| Zdroj: | Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 58:9665-9674 |
| ISSN: | 1520-5045 0888-5885 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01209 |
| Popis: | We report improvements on the heat transfer and on the control strategy of a thermal cycler implemented on a novel device for performing a fast polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The reduction of the thermal mass of the sample holder and the direct contact with the sample allow for a significant reduction of the transition times, while the hybrid feedforward/feedback controller can rely on inexpensive components (actuators, sensors, processor) and still achieve minimal over/undershooting and good temperature stability. The design of the device has been improved by performing transient heat conduction analysis on the highly heat-conductive sample holder and on the solid metal body of the device which rapidly dissipates the excess heat produced during the thermal cycling. In the current setup, the sample holder hosts nine 1 μL samples covered with mineral oil, which can be simultaneously read in real time by the detection module designed in-house and installed on the device. An increase in speed of the PCR amplification was achieved with a reduction of the transition time of 63.8% when compared against a commercial real-time PCR machine. Our work shows that a complete, stand-alone, and ready-to-use quantitative PCR instrument can be fabricated from inexpensive and easily available components and it can achieve fast thermal cycling thanks to a hybrid control strategy. |
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