ReviewMicromachines2020
Desktop Fabrication of Lab-On-Chip Devices on Flexible Substrates: A Brief Review.
Review in Micromachines, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Plotter Cut Stencil Masks for the Deposition of Organic and Inorganic Materials and a New Rapid, Cost Effective Technique for Antimicrobial Evaluations.Micromachines · 2022Article
- Recent Trends and Opportunities for the Targeted Immuno-Nanomaterials for Cancer Theranostics Applications.Micromachines · 2022Review
- Flexible Platform of Acoustofluidics and Metamaterials with Decoupled Resonant Frequencies.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- DNA interfaces with dimensional materials for biomedical applications.RSC advances · 2021Review
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- Pushing the Limits of Spatial Assay Resolution for Paper-Based Microfluidics Using Low-Cost and High-Throughput Pen Plotter Approach.Micromachines · 2020Article
- Microfluidic Point-of-Care Testing: Commercial Landscape and Future Directions.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020Review
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Authors and funding
2 authors.
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Abstract
Flexible microfluidic devices are currently in demand because they can be mass-produced in resource-limited settings using simple and inexpensive fabrication tools. Finding new ways to fabricate microfluidic platforms on flexible substrates has been a hot area. Integration of customized detection tools for different lab-on-chip applications has made this area challenging. Significant advancements have occurred in the area over the last decade; therefore, there is a need to review such interesting fabrication tools employed on flexible substrates, such as paper and plastics. In this short review, we review individual fabrication tools and their combinations that have been used to develop such platforms in the past five years. These tools are not only simple and low-cost but also require minimal skills for their operation. Moreover, key examples of plastic-based flexible substrates are also presented, because a diverse range of plastic materials have prevailed recently for a variety of lab-on-chip applications. This review should attract audience of various levels, i.e., from hobbyists to scientists, and from high school students to postdoctoral researchers, to produce their own flexible devices in their own settings.
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