Paper surface modification strategies employing N-SBA-15/polymer composites in bioanalytical sensor design [PDF]
In this work, different paper surface modification strategies were compared to obtain an amine functionalized SBA-15 (N-SBA-15) composite for paper-based device development. The synthesized N-SBA-15 was characterized by N 2 adsorption-desorption isotherm,
Messina, Germán Alejandro +7 more
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Covalent Attachment of Enzymes to Paper Fibers for Paper-Based Analytical Devices
Due to its unique material properties, paper offers many practical advantages as a viable platform for sensing devices. In view of paper-based microfluidic biosensing applications, the covalent immobilization of enzymes with preserved functional activity
Alexander Böhm +4 more
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Template free preparation of nanoporous organically modified silica thin films on flexible substrates [PDF]
Cataloged from PDF version of article.We report the preparation and characterization of nanoporous organically modified silica (ormosil) thin films at room temperature and neutral pH conditions from homogeneous methyl silsesquioxane (MSQ) gels ...
Bayindir, M. +4 more
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Recent Advances in Paper-Based Sensors
Paper-based sensors are a new alternative technology for fabricating simple, low-cost, portable and disposable analytical devices for many application areas including clinical diagnosis, food quality control and environmental monitoring.
Edith Chow +3 more
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Perovskite nanocrystals have attracted worldwide attention due to their outstanding optical versatility, high photoluminescence quantum yields, and facile synthesis.
Weixi Lin +13 more
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Porous Graphene-like Carbon from Fast Catalytic Decomposition of Biomass for Energy Storage Applications [PDF]
A novel carbon material made of porous graphene-like nanosheets was synthesized from biomass resources by a simple catalytic graphitization process using nickel as a catalyst for applications in electrodes for energy storage devices.
Gómez Martín, Aurora +5 more
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Non-enzymatic lab-on-paper devices for biosensing applications
Lab-on-paper devices constitute a promising tool for biosensing systems due to their easiness of fabrication and use, inherent low-cost, easy tailoring in terms of device architecture and/or function, biocompatibility and easy disposal. When combined with non-enzymatic approaches the increase on device's shelf life, stability and analytical features ...
Marques, Ana Carolina +6 more
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A simple and versatile 2-dimensional platform to study plant germination and growth under controlled humidity [PDF]
We describe a simple, inexpensive, but remarkably versatile and controlled growth environment for the observation of plant germination and seedling root growth on a flat, horizontal surface over periods of weeks.
A Müller +37 more
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Deployable Lab-on-a-Chip Sensor for Colorimetric Measurements
The infield measurement of nutrients, heavy metals, and other contaminants in water is still a needed tool in environmental sciences. The Lab-on-a-chip approach can develop deployable instruments that use the standardized analytical assay in a ...
Stefan Gassmann +2 more
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Lab on a stick: multi-analyte cellular assays in a microfluidic dipstick [PDF]
A new microfluidic concept for multi-analyte testing in a dipstick format is presented, termed “Lab-on-a-Stick”, that combines the simplicity of dipstick tests with the high performance of microfluidic devices.
Alexander D. Edwards +45 more
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