Fabrication, flow control, and applications of microfluidic paper-based analytical devices

H Lim, AT Jafry, J Lee - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Paper-based microfluidic devices have advanced significantly in recent years as they are
affordable, automated with capillary action, portable, and biodegradable diagnostic …

Recent developments in flow modeling and fluid control for paper-based microfluidic biosensors

S Modha, C Castro, H Tsutsui - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the last 10 years, researchers have shown that paper is a promising substrate for
affordable biosensors. The field of paper-microfluidics has evolved rapidly in that time, with …

Smart superhydrophobic shape memory adhesive surface toward selective capture/release of microdroplets

Y Wang, H Lai, Z Cheng, H Zhang, Y Liu… - ACS applied materials …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Controllable manipulation of microdroplets is significant for the microfluidics, biomedical
areas, microreactors, and so on; however, until now, reports about no-loss and selective …

Recent advances in microfluidic paper-based analytical devices toward high-throughput screening

S Boobphahom, M Nguyet Ly, V Soum, N Pyun… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (µPADs) have become promising tools offering
various analytical applications for chemical and biological assays at the point-of-care (POC) …

A droplet robotic system enabled by electret-induced polarization on droplet

R Zhang, C Zhang, X Fan, CCK Au Yeung, H Li… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Robotics for scientific research are evolving from grasping macro-scale solid materials to
directly actuating micro-scale liquid samples. However, current liquid actuation mechanisms …

Thermocapillary flow‐induced core release from double‐emulsion droplets in microchannels

J Qin, Z Wang, Y Chen, S Mo, J Liu - Droplet, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The use of double emulsions (DEs), which represent colloidal structures composed of
droplets nested within droplets, can provide for unparallel droplet manipulation in droplet …

A HiPAD integrated with rGO/MWCNTs nano‐circuit heater for visual point‐of‐care testing of SARS‐CoV‐2

S Li, S Huang, Y Ke, H Chen, J Dang… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nowadays, the main obstacle for further miniaturization and integration of nucleic acids point‐
of‐care testing devices is the lack of low‐cost and high‐performance heating materials for …

Velocity saturation in digital microfluidics

I Swyer, R Fobel, AR Wheeler - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
In digital microfluidics, discrete droplets of fluid are made to move on an open surface with
no microchannels. These systems are commonly operated by application of electrical driving …

Electrowetting valves for sweat-based microfluidics

AR Naik, B Warren, A Burns, R Lenigk, J Morse… - Microfluidics and …, 2021 - Springer
Skin-compatible microfluidic valving systems with on-demand sweat capture are necessary
to understand the temporal variation of biomarkers. Here, we demonstrate solution-based …

Graphene Based Printable Conductive Wax for Low‐Power Thermal Actuation in Microfluidic Paper‐Based Analytical Devices

R Brito‐Pereira, C Ribeiro, P Costa… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Wax printing is one of the most widely used techniques to print hydrophobic barriers on
hydrophilic microfluidic paper‐based analytical devices (µPADs) based on its simplicity …