Paper microfluidics for red wine tasting

Abstract

A smartphone takes a digital image of the paper microfluidic chip, after a red wine sample filled the entire 8 channels (each pre-loaded with a different chemical dye). The PCA score plot shows good statistical difference among the 6 red wine samples, where PC1 corresponded to the sweetness and PC2 to the bodyness of a red wine. The PCA model was validated with an additional 4 red wine samples from a different manufacturer.