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ArticleMicromachines2022

RGB-Detector: A Smart, Low-Cost Device for Reading RGB Indexes of Microfluidic Paper-Based Analytical Devices.

Bianca Maria Pazzi, Dario Pistoia, Giancarla Alberti

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Article in Micromachines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Bianca Maria PazziDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Dario PistoiaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Giancarla AlbertiDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4106-2219

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Abstract

A user-friendly, low-cost detector able to read the RGB indexes of microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (µPADs) was developed. The RGB-detector was built with 3D printing using PLA+ and reused Li-ion batteries. It is Arduino-based, which provides an easy interface between the sensor TCS3200, which reads the quadratic wave of the times corresponding to the RGB numbers, the Arduino itself, whose software translates the times into RGB values, and the touchscreen display, NX3224T028, which shows the results. This detector permits multi-sample analysis since it has a sample holder that can keep up to six µPADs simultaneously and rotate after the display's request. This work shows how the readings of the RGB indexes by the proposed RGB-detector implement the measurements' reproducibility. As a proof-of-concept, the RGB-detector application to a green array of µPADs for pH measurement coupled with chemometric analysis allowed us to achieve good results in terms of precision and agreement with the pH values measured by a classical pH-meter.

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Arduino-based devicecolor analysislow-cost sensormicrofluidic paper-based analytical devicesRGB-detector

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PMID36295938
PMCPMC9611683

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