Infectious diseases are a major global health issue. Diagnosis is a critical first step in
effectively managing their spread. Paper-based microfluidic diagnostics first emerged in …

Paper microfluidics is a rapidly growing subfield of microfluidics in which paper-like porous
materials are used to create analytical devices. There is a need for higher performance field …

Biomarkers in tear fluid have attracted much interest in daily healthcare sensing and
monitoring. Recently, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has enabled highly …

Although vertical flow assays (VFAs) have a number of advantages compared to lateral flow
assays (LFAs) such as a short analysis time, no line interference, and no Hook effect, VFAs …

Human tears have attracted attention with easy-accessible indicators of healthcare
monitoring. Recently self-monitoring of tear glucose in place of blood glucose has been …

The presented work demonstrates novel functionalities of hybrid paper-polymer centrifugal
devices for assay performance enhancement that leverage the advantages of both paper …

In this communication, we report a physical method for the fabrication of organic solvent and
surfactant-resistant barriers on paper-based fluidic devices. When nonwoven polypropylene …

Food safety is a scientific discipline regarding the understanding of handling, storage and
preparation of food products to ensure their safety. 1–3 Safe food is a food product without …

Food safety and quality have gained extensive attention from the public across the world in
the past decade. 1, 2 The safety and quality of food can be affected by various biological and …

Abstract In his research, Gert Salentijn investigated several approaches to decrease the
dependence of chemical analysis on stationary laboratory facilities to make it more …