Paper-based SlipPAD for high-throughput chemical sensing

Anal Chem. 2013 May 7;85(9):4263-7. doi: 10.1021/ac4008623. Epub 2013 Apr 15.

Abstract

We report a paper analytical device (PAD) that is based on the SlipChip concept. This SlipPAD enables robust, high-throughput, multiplexed sensing while maintaining the extreme simplicity of paper-based analysis. The SlipPAD is comprised of two wax-patterned paper fluidic layers. By slipping one layer relative to the other, solutions wick simultaneously into a large array of sensing reservoirs or sequentially into a large array of channels to carry out homogeneous or heterogeneous assays, respectively. The applicability of the device to high-throughput multiplex chemical analysis is demonstrated by colorimetric and fluorescent assays.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Colorimetry
  • High-Throughput Screening Assays / instrumentation*
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Paper*
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence