Paper-Based Devices in Analytical Science
A special issue of Chemosensors (ISSN 2227-9040). This special issue belongs to the section "Analytical Methods, Instrumentation and Miniaturization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2021) | Viewed by 346
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, the use of paper-based materials has been translated from our everyday lives to research activities, by extracting those relevant properties for its exploitation in science. For instance, features such as high abundancy, portability, customizability, biocompatibility, and application in reagent loading represents just some of the intriguing potentialities of paper. The word “paper” can refer to plenty of materials: chromatographic paper, filter paper, copy paper, magazine paper, tissues, waxed paper, etc. However, when paper is observed from macro- to microscopic resolution, the intricate network of fibers composing all the typologies of paper can vary in size, position, and by the presence of specific functional groups. In analytical science, in particular, the diagnostics filed, the use of paper-based substrates has driven the re-design of various existing tests. In this perspective, all the researchers involved in the field of paper-based diagnostics are invited to submit new research, reviews, and perspectives regarding application of paper-based substrates in the development of electrochemical and optical devices in the clinical, pharmaceutical, environmental, and agri-food sectors.
Dr. Stefano Cinti
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- electronalysis
- sensors and biosensors
- screen-printed electrodes
- nanomaterials
- paper-based diagnostics
- Lab-on-chip
- Point-of-Care
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