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Triboelectric effect as a new strategy for sealing and controlling the flow in paper-based devices

Published:2015 Issue:7 Volume:15 Page:1651-1655
ISSN:1473-0197
Container-title:Lab on a Chip
language:en
Short-container-title:Lab Chip

Author:

da Silva Everson T. S. G.¹²³⁴⁵,Santhiago Murilo¹²³⁴⁵,de Souza Fabrício R.⁶⁷⁸⁴⁵,Coltro Wendell K. T.⁶⁷⁸⁴⁵,Kubota Lauro T.¹²³⁴⁵

Affiliation:

1. Department of Analytical Chemistry

2. Institute of Chemistry–Unicamp

3. Campinas-SP

4. Brazil

5. National Institute of Science and Technology of Bioanalytics (INCTBio)

6. Institute of Chemistry

7. Federal University of Goiás

8. Goiânia

Abstract

We reported here for the first time that triboelectric charges on PET sheets can be used to seal and control the flow rate in paper-based devices. The proposed method exhibits simplicity and low cost, provides reversible sealing and minimizes the effect of sample evaporation.

Funder

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior

São Paulo Research Foundation

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Biomedical Engineering,General Chemistry,Biochemistry,Bioengineering

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2015/LC/C5LC00022J

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