Paper-based Diagnostics Current Status and Future Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Land, Kevin J. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Fluid mechanics.; Biomedical engineering.; Nanotechnology.; Biotechnology.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.

This book explores the status of paper-based diagnostic solutions, or Microfluidics 2.0. The contributors explore: how paper-based tests can be widely distributed and utilized by semi-skilled personnel; how close to commercial applications the technology has become, and what is still required to mak...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Background to Paper-based Diagnostics
• The Need
• Principles
• Components
• Manufacturing
• Integration with Other Technologies
• Academic and Commercial Groups
• The Future of the Technology.