Molecular dynamics simulations predict the effect of analyte transport on the activation time of chemoresponsive liquid crystal sensors to improve sensor selectivity.
We examine analyte transport to numerous plasmonic micro- and nano-structures having variable fill fraction, and via sensorgram analysis (ssDNA detection), we show that measured rates of transport match well to a simple theoretical model.
This work quantitatively evaluates the transport efficiency of analytical target compounds on microfluidic paper-based analytical devices by means of colorimetry and absorption spectrometry.
Microfluidic Analyte Transport to Nanorods for Photonic and Electrochemical Sensing Applications