Workflow
for the fabrication and use of shaped particles. (a) Fabrication
of shaped microparticles in microfluidic devices using photomasks
and UV polymerization. Representative shape-encoded particles used
for biomolecular detection. [From Pregibon, D. C., et al. Multifunctional
Encoded Particles for High-Throughput Biomolecule Analysis. Science2007, 315 (5817),
1393–1396 (ref (30)) reprinted with permission from AAAS; Kim, L. N., et al. Chem. Commun.2015, 51 (60),
12130–12133 (ref (133)) with permission from The Royal Society of Chemistry; and
Destgeer, G., et al. Lab Chip2020, 20 (19), 3503–3514 (ref (22)) with permission from The Royal Society of Chemistry.]
(b) Schematic representation of assay workflow using shaped microparticles
including incubation and signal amplification steps. (c) Readout of
assay results on individual microparticles using standard instrumentation
such as microscopes, cell phones, or scanners. [Reproduced from Destgeer,
G., et al. Lab Chip2020, 20 (19), 3503–3514 (ref (22)) with permission from The Royal Society of Chemistry; Derveaux,
S., et al. Anal. Bioanal. Chem.2008, 391 (7), 2453–2467 (ref (135)) with permission from
The Royal Society of Chemistry; and Svedberg, G., et al. Lab
Chip2017, 17 (3), 549–556
(ref (134)) with permission
from The Royal Society of Chemistry.]