Microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (μPADs) are the newest generation of lab-on-a-
chip devices and have made significant strides in both our understanding of fundamental …

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

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 …

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 …

Paper has been used as a substrate material in analytical testing for centuries, with scientific
reports dating back to the early 1800s with litmus paper. 1 As a substrate material, paper …

From a home-based pregnancy self-testing kit, lateral flow assays (LFAs) have proliferated
and gained widespread utilization as point-of-care (POC) test kits. Their prevalence is due to …

Rapid, precise, and reproducible deposition of a broad variety of functional materials,
including analytical assay reagents and biomolecules, has made inkjet printing an effective …

Point‐of‐care (POC) diagnostic devices have been predicted to provide a boon in health
care especially in the diagnosis and detection of diseases. POC devices have been found to …

Lateral flow biosensors (LFBs) are paper-based devices which permit the performance of
low-cost and fast diagnostics with good robustness, specificity, sensitivity and low limits of …

Paper-based microfluidic devices have advanced significantly in recent years as they are
affordable, automated with capillary action, portable, and biodegradable diagnostic …