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13 May 2024
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Fabrication techniques | Equipment and materials requirements | Advantages | Limitations | Ref. |
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Blade Cutting/Plotting | X-Y plotter, knife. | Provides sharp features, no chemical required. | Limited to 2D designs | [60,61] |
Laser cutting | Laser cutter. | Precise, customizable designs, suitable for large-scale production, high resolution (∼60 m) | Requires specialized equipment and polymer films to protect the paper device from damage, may generate debris. | [62,63,64,65,66] |
Photolithography | UV light, heating plate, photomask, photoresists (positive/negative), mask aligner, chemicals, oxygen plasma. | High resolution (∼200 m), well-established microfabrication technique | Equipment-intensive, may involve multiple complex steps and chances of channel contamination. | [54,67,68,69] |
3D printing | 3D printer, inks | Allows for complex, customized designs | Limited resolution compared to traditional microfabrication | [70,71,72,73,74,75,76] |
Screen printing | Mesh screen, hot plate, transparency film, wax. | Low-cost, scalable for mass production | Resolution may vary, suitable for relatively simple designs, new screens are required for different patterns. | [77,78,79,80,81,82,83] |
Wax printing | Hot plate, wax printer, solid wax. | Simple, rapid, cost-effective, and suitable for prototyping | Limited resolution (∼550 m), wax spread, limited channel height control, temperature sensitivity | [84,85,86,87,88,89] |
Inkjet printing | Customized inkjet printer, hydrophobic ink, hot plate, and chemicals. | Non-contact, suitable for rapid prototyping | Resolution may be lower than other techniques, requires multiple steps, and post-printing heating is required for some inks. | [90,91,92,93,94,95,96] |
Embossing | Embossing tools, adhesives, silane. | Simple, flexible, suitable for rapid prototyping | Limited resolution, may affect paper integrity, susceptible to contamination. | [97,98,99,100] |
Origami and Kirigami | Paper cutting and folding tools, adhesives. | Foldable Structures, flexible design, enhanced functionality, Scalability. | Precision challenges, design and assembly complexity, limited material compatibility. | [101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108] |
Analytes | paper types | Paper-assay types | sening mechanisms | Ref. |
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Diagnostic assays for infectious diseases | ||||
Whatman filter paper Grade1-4, NC membrane | Dipsticks, LFAs, PADs | Colorimetric, | ||
Wearable and portable health monitoring | ||||
Whatman filter paper Grade1-4, NC membrane | Dipsticks, LFAs, PADs | Colorimetric, | ||
Soil contaminant detections | ||||
Whatman filter paper Grade1-4, NC membrane | Dipsticks, LFAs, PADs | Colorimetric, | ||
Water Quality Monitoring | ||||
Whatman filter paper Grade1-4, NC membrane | Dipsticks, LFAs, PADs | Colorimetric, | ||
Air Pollution Monitoring | ||||
Whatman filter paper Grade1-4, NC membrane | Dipsticks, LFAs, PADs | Colorimetric, | ||
Food safety | ||||
Milk, | Whatman filter paper Grade1-4, NC membrane | Dipsticks, LFAs, PADs | Colorimetric, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) | [238] |
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