Next Generation Paper-based Devices for Analytical Applications
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "C：Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2020) | Viewed by 3977
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Paper and other cellulosic materials (e.g., nitrocellulose) have been the building materials for several low-cost paper-based devices (e.g., test strips, lateral flow tests, paper-based analytical devices) that have the potential to decentralize and revolutionize chemical and biochemical analysis. In the last decade, scientists across the world set the foundations of this technology (i.e., invented several fabrication techniques, explored a number of different detection modes), and we all witnessed its rapid development to one of the most active fields of analytical chemistry. A large number of research studies have proven the possible applications of this technology from disease diagnostics to environmental monitoring and from specialized tests to diagnose rare diseases to devices for quality monitoring in chemical industry. At present, hundreds of research groups are working on the development of the next generation of paper-based devices and paper-based devices for various sensing applications. This Special Issue seeks to host a limited number of original research papers that describe new paper-based devices, new applications of paper-based devices in chemical and biochemical analysis, and a few review articles that describe the recent progress in the area of paper-based devices.
I am looking forward to your contributions.
Dr. Dionysios C. Christodouleas
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- paper-based analytical devices
- test strips
- lateral flow tests
- paper diagnostics
