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ArticleLab on a chip2018

"Dip-and-read" paper-based analytical devices using distance-based detection with color screening.

Kentaro Yamada, Daniel Citterio, Charles S Henry

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Article in Lab on a chip, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Kentaro YamadaDepartment of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA. chuck.henry@colostate.edu.
Daniel Citterio
Charles S Henry

Funding

A New Paradigm for Workplace Air Sampling and Cost-Effective Exposure AssessmentR01OH010662 · OH · COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI HENRY, CHARLES S, VOLCKENS, JOHN · 2015 to 2018
$2.0M
ACL HHS R01OH010662NIOSH CDC HHS R01 OH010662
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An improved paper-based analytical device (PAD) using color screening to enhance device performance is described. Current detection methods for PADs relying on the distance-based signalling motif can be slow due to the assay time being limited by capillary flow rates that wick fluid through the detection zone. For traditional distance-based detection motifs, analysis can take up to 45 min for a channel length of 5 cm. By using a color screening method, quantification with a distance-based PAD can be achieved in minutes through a "dip-and-read" approach. A colorimetric indicator line deposited onto a paper substrate using inkjet-printing undergoes a concentration-dependent colorimetric response for a given analyte. This color intensity-based response has been converted to a distance-based signal by overlaying a color filter with a continuous color intensity gradient matching the color of the developed indicator line. As a proof-of-concept, Ni quantification in welding fume was performed as a model assay. The results of multiple independent user testing gave mean absolute percentage error and average relative standard deviations of 10.5% and 11.2% respectively, which were an improvement over analysis based on simple visual color comparison with a read guide (12.2%, 14.9%). In addition to the analytical performance comparison, an interference study and a shelf life investigation were performed to further demonstrate practical utility. The developed system demonstrates an alternative detection approach for distance-based PADs enabling fast (∼10 min), quantitative, and straightforward assays.

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PMCPMC5975359

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