Microfluidic devices based on textile threads for analytical applications: state of the art and prospects

D Agustini, FR Caetano, RF Quero, JAF da Silva… - Analytical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Microfluidic devices based on textile threads have interesting advantages when compared
to systems made with traditional materials, such as polymers and inorganic substrates …

Applications of thread-based microfluidics: Approaches and options for detection

L Chen, A Ghiasvand, B Paull - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Affordable and accessible diagnostic tools in resource-limited settings remains an urgent
need to improve global public health. Due to the low-cost, accessibility, simplicity and …

Hierarchical surface structure and performance of fluorinated copolymer films derived from side chain structure and α-position substitution of fluorinated monomeric …

X Wu, J Cao, S Zheng, Z Cao - Progress in Organic Coatings, 2023 - Elsevier
Low surface energy and low surface reconfiguration are two key properties being sought for
fluorinated polymer films with short perfluoroalkyl groups, which are mainly determined by …

Low-cost and open-source strategies for chemical separations

JJ Davis, SW Foster, JP Grinias - Journal of Chromatography A, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, a trend toward utilizing open access resources for laboratory research has
begun. Open-source design strategies for scientific hardware rely upon the use of widely …

Thread-based isotachophoresis coupled with desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry for clean-up, preconcentration, and determination of alkaloids in …

L Chen, A Ghiasvand, SC Lam, ES Rodriguez… - Analytica Chimica …, 2022 - Elsevier
A thread-based isotachophoresis method coupled with desorption electrospray ionization
mass spectrometry (TB-ITP-DESI-MS) was developed and applied for clean-up …

Nanomaterial-assisted thread-based isotachophoresis with on-thread solute trapping

L Chen, A Ghiasvand, ES Rodriguez, PC Innis, B Paull - Analyst, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
This research describes a nanomaterial-assisted thread-based isotachophoresis (TB-ITP)
setup for the clean-up, preconcentration, and trapping of alkaloids (coptisine, berberine, and …

Wireless bipolar electrode-based textile electrofluidics: towards novel micro-total-analysis systems

JU Khan, A Ruland, S Sayyar, B Paull, J Chen… - Lab on a Chip, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Point of care testing using micro-total-analysis systems (μTAS) is critical to emergent
healthcare devices with rapid and robust responses. However, two major barriers to the …

Tuning the electrophoretic separations on a surface-accessible and flexible fibre-based microfluidic devices

JU Khan, MA Pathan, S Sayyar, B Paull, PC Innis - Analytical Methods, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrophoresis on textile fiber substrates provides a unique surface-accessible platform for
the movement, separation and concentration of charged analytes. The method employs the …

Surface functionalization of low-cost textile-based microfluidics for manipulation of electrophoretic selectivity of charged analytes

JU Khan, S Sayyar, D Jin, B Paull, PC Innis - Microfluidics and …, 2022 - Springer
Textile-based microfluidics offer new opportunities for developing low-cost, open surface-
assessable analytical systems for the electrophoretic analysis of complex chemical and …

Novel 3D textile structures and geometries for electrofluidics

SBY Abeywardena, Z Yue, GG Wallace… - Electrophoresis, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The integration of microfluidics with electric field control, commonly referred to as
electrofluidics, has led to new opportunities for biomedical analysis. The requirement for …