title: Rapid prototyping of paper-based microfluidics with wax for low-cost, portable bioassay.
abstract: Here we present a simple and low-cost production method to generate paper-based microfluidic devices with wax for portable bioassay. The wax patterning method we introduced here included three different ways: (i) painting with a wax pen, (ii) printing with an inkjet printer followed by painting with a wax pen, (iii) printing by a wax printer directly. The whole process was easy to operate and could be finished within 5-10 min without the use of a clean room, UV lamp, organic solvent, etc. Horse radish peroxidase, BSA and glucose assays were conducted to verify the performance of wax-patterned paper.
authors.affiliation: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, PR China.
authors.forename: Yao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Weiwei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Jianhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Bingcheng
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lin