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DOT believes in the rigour of validation studies and openly publishes results that compare the performance of our system to show comparability to gold standards.  Please find below peer-reviewed scientific articles, public patents, and openly available manuals.

White Papers

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Compact and automated eDNA sampler for in situ monitoring of marine environments.
A. Hendricks, C. Mackie, E. Luy, C. Sonnichsen, J. Smith, I. Grundke, M. Tavasoli, A. Furlong, R. Beiko, J. LaRoche, and V. Sieben, Scientific Reports, 2023, vol. 13, no. 5210, pp. 1-13.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-32310-3

An automated microfluidic analyzer for in situ monitoring of total alkalinity.
C. Sonnichsen, D. Atamanchuk, A. Hendricks, S. Morgan, J. Smith, I. Grundke, E. Luy, and V. Sieben, ACS Sensors, 2023, vol. 8(1), pp. 344-352.
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.2c02343

Two chemistries on a single lab-on-chip: Nitrate and orthophosphate sensing underwater with inlaid microfluidics.
E. Luy, J. Smith, I. Grundke, C. Sonnichsen, A. Furlong, and V. Sieben, Frontiers in Sensors, 2022, vol. 3, pp. 1-14.
DOI: 10.3389/fsens.2022.1080020

A submersible phosphate analyzer for marine environments based on inlaid microfluidics. S. Morgan, E. Luy, A. Furlong, and V. Sieben, Analytical Methods, 2022, vol. 14(1), pp. 22-33, Front Cover.
DOI: 10.1039/d1ay01876k

Inlaid microfluidic optics: absorbance cells in clear devices applied to nitrite and phosphate detection.
E. Luy, S. Morgan, J. Creelman, B. Murphy, and V. Sieben, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2020, vol. 30(9), 095001, pp. 1-15.
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6439/ab9202

Recent Conferences Proceedings

Evaluating an Autonomous eDNA Sampler for Marine Environmental Monitoring: Short- and Long-Term Applications.
OCEANS 2024, Halifax, NS, Canada, 2024, pp. 1-8.
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS55160.2024.10753841
Wyngaarden M, Jeffery N, Horne E, Clemente-Carvalho R, Lemay M, Grundke I, Luy E, Hendricks A, Sonnichsen C, Sieben V, LaRoche J, Beiko R, Furlong A, Knox T, Pettitt-Wade H, Stanley R. (2024).

Automated environmental DNA (eDNA) Sampling Using an Optimized Filter Cassette for High Volume Filtration.
OCEANS 2024, Halifax, NS, Canada, 2024, pp. 1-7.
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS55160.2024.10754477
Luy E, Geraldi N, Horwood N, Grundke I, Hendricks A, LeRoux J, Sonnichsen C, Ebanks T, Knox T, Goymer B, Beiko R, LaRoche J, Furlong A, Sieben V. (2024).

Lab-on-Chip Total Alkalinity Sensor for Highly Resolved, Efficient, and Long-Term Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) of Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement.
OCEANS 2024, Halifax, NS, Canada, 2024, pp. 1-6.
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS55160.2024.10754292
Motahari S, Sonnichsen C, Whitworth A, Zabihihesari A, Burt W, Sieben V. (2024).

Towards an Automated, in-situ Environmental DNA Sensor for Detection of Marine Species.
OCEANS 2024, Halifax, NS, Canada, 2024, pp. 1-7.
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS55160.2024.10753699
Sonnichsen C, Luy E, Hendricks A, Grundke I, Hendricks B, El-Beshbeeshy K, Roberts G, Wright M, LaRoche J, Beiko R, Hanlon J, Race R, Furlong A, Knox T, Tolman J, Myles S, Tavasoli M, Sieben V. (2024).

Patents

US App 63/647,153: Sensor, systems, and methods for detecting environmental DNA.

US 12,259,060 B2: Magnetically tunable microfluidic check valve, microfluidic pumps, syringe pump, and methods of manufacturing thereof.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US12259060B2

US 11,964,278 B2: Microfluidic chip, systems, and methods for capturing of environmental DNA.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US11964278B2

US 11,644,408 B2: Optical cell and methods of manufacturing an optical cell.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US11644408B2

US 11,231,356 B2: Optical cell and methods of manufacturing an optical cell.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US11231356B2