Paper is a common material that is promising for constructing microfluidic chips (lab-on-a-
paper) for diagnostics and drug delivery for biomedical applications. In the past decade …

Dipstick and lateral-flow formats have dominated rapid diagnostics over the last three
decades. These formats gained popularity in the consumer markets due to their …

Paper-based analytical devices introduce an innovative platform technology for fluid
handling and analysis, with wide range of applications, promoting low cost, ease of …

Paper-based devices are a leading alternative among the main analytical tools for point-of-
care testing, due to their portability, low-cost, and ease-of-use. Colorimetric readouts are the …

Blood is the most intensely studied human biofluid and is used as the main indicator of the
health status of an individual. Blood is a very complex fluid, containing a multiplicity of …

In recent years a strong need has been realised for the creation of low-cost diagnostics for
use in impoverished regions of the world. The use of paper has been championed for this …

As a rapidly developing field, paper-based microfluidic devices (μPADs) are expected to
have profound implications, especially for in vitro diagnosis. In particular, integrated μPADs …

Paper is increasingly recognized as a user-friendly and ubiquitous substrate for construction
of microfluidic devices. Microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (μPADs) provide an …

Point-of-care (POC) and point-of-use assays are critical for identifying and measuring the
quantity of analytes in a variety of environments that lack access to laboratory infrastructure …

The interest in and use of microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (μPADs) has grown
exponentially over the last decade. Cellulose, and modified cellulose, has been used for …