Bioactive paper provides a low-cost platform for diagnostics

By R. Pelton. Trends in Analytical Chemistry (TrAC), 2009

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Bioactive paper includes a range of potential paper-based materials that can perform analytical functions normally reserved for multi-well plates in the laboratory or for portable electronic devices. Pathogen detection is the most compelling application. Simple paper-based detection, not requiring hardware, has the potential to have impacts in society, ranging from the kitchen to disasters in the developing world. Bioactive-paper research is an emerging field with significant efforts in Canada, USA (Harvard), Finland and Australia. Following a brief introduction to the material and surface properties of paper, I review the literature. Some of the early work exploits the porosity of paper to generate paper-based microfluidics (“paperfluidics”) devices. I exclude from this review printed electronic devices and plastics-supported devices.

Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Molecular Biology

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Cellulose Nanofibrils: From Strong Materials to Bioactive Surfaces (2013, methodology): “Commercial silver particles have been used in CNF nanocomposites [102] and antimicrobial paper was synthesized following approaches reported in disposable biosensors [103] and fi ltering materials [104].”
Advances in paper-based point-of-care diagnostics. (2014, background): “Moreover, the optical properties of these materials can influence the accuracy of colorimetric or fluorescent readouts (Pelton, 2009).”
Emerging Technologies for Next-Generation Point-of-Care Testing. (2015, unknown): “Critical to their practical applicability for diagnostic applications are, however, the porosity, surface chemistry and optical properties of these materials [41].”