Publications by authors named "Shu-Kai Hsu"
Article Synopsis
- Research on paper-based microfluidics has surged since 2007, offering low-cost, lightweight, and eco-friendly solutions for various applications like chemical detection and food safety.
- Different fabrication techniques exist, with this study demonstrating a new approach using printed paper as a substrate, utilizing toner as a mask to create hydrophobic barriers.
- The process is quick (under 10 minutes) and scalable, and it successfully detected glucose levels, showing promising linear results between concentrations of 1 and 10 mM.
One-Step Hot Microembossing for Fabrication of Paper-Based Microfluidic Chips in 10 Seconds.
Polymers (Basel)
October 2020
In recent years, microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (µPADs) have been developed because they are simple, inexpensive and power-free for low-cost chemical, biological and environmental detection. Moreover, paper is lightweight; easy to stack, store and transport; biodegradable; biocompatible; good for colorimetric tests; flammable for easy disposal of used paper-based diagnostic devices by incineration; and can be chemically modified. Different methods have been demonstrated to fabricate µPADs such as solid wax printing, craft cutting, photolithography, etc.
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