An improved detection limit and working range of lateral flow assays based on a mathematical model

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Zhi LiuFeng Xu

Abstract

Lateral flow assays (LFAs) have attracted considerable attention in biomedical diagnostics. However, it's still challenging to achieve a high detection sensitivity and extensive working range, mainly because the underlying mechanism of complex reaction processes in LFAs remains unclear. Many mathematical models have been developed to analyze the complex reaction processes, which are only qualitative with limited guidance for LFA design. Now, a semi-quantitative convection-diffusion-reaction model is developed by considering the kinetics of renaturation of nucleic acids and the model is validated by our experiments. We established a method to convert the LFA design parameters between the simulation and experiment (i.e., inlet reporter particle concentration, initial capture probe concentration, and association rate constant), with which we achieved a semi-quantitative comparison of the detection limit and working range between simulations and experiments. Based on our model, we have improved the detection sensitivity and working range by using high concentrations of the inlet reporter particles and initial capture probe. Besides, we also found that target nucleic acid sequences with a high association rate constant are beneficia...Continue Reading

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