Using wax printing techniques to achieve multiplexing in paper-based lateral flow devices
Tung, Kevin
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Title
Using wax printing techniques to achieve multiplexing in paper-based lateral flow devices
Author(s)
Tung, Kevin
Contributor(s)
Zhao, Yang
Issue Date
2021-05
Keyword(s)
Lateral flow assay (LFA)
Point of Care (POC)
Paper-based lateral-flow assay
Wax printing
Multiplex
Paper-microfluidics
Abstract
With the recent emergence of the COVID-19 virus, the pandemic has affected the lives of millions
of people and highlights the need for fast and accurate virus testing in order to further prevent
the spread of this pandemic. Point of care testing has recently became one of the most popular
diagnosis methods in clinical analysis due to its rapid test result times and low cost. One of the
most widely used point of care technique is the paper-based lateral-flow assay, which is the focus
of this thesis. One method to further reduce the cost of performing a paper-based lateral-flow test
is the use of a Wax can be used to fabricate hydrophobic barriers on the nitrocellulose membrane
of the lateral flow paper-based assay to create separate channels for different analytes to be
detected simultaneously with the same amount of sample that was previously used to detect a
single analyte. The multiplexing ability of the wax printed barriers helps greatly reduce the sample
size and reagents needed to perform paper-based lateral-flow test. Here we show how we can
apply wax printing techniques on paper-based lateral-flow assay to achieve multiplexing and further
reduce the cost of operation.
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