Scott T. Phillips

TL;DR: This communication describes a simple method for patterning paper to create well-defined, millimeter-sized channels, comprising hydrophilic paper bounded by hydrophobic polymer, that will become the basis for low-cost, portable, and technically simple multiplexed bioassays.

TL;DR: Microfluidic paper-based analytical devices are a new class of point-of-care diagnostic devices that are inexpensive, easy to use, and designed specifically for use in developing countries.

TL;DR: A prototype system for quantifying bioassays and for exchanging the results of the assays digitally with physicians located off-site offers new opportunities for inexpensive monitoring of health, especially in situations that require physicians to travel to patients to obtain diagnostic information that might be obtained more effectively by less valuable personnel.

TL;DR: A method for fabricating 3D microfluidic devices by stacking layers of patterned paper and double-sided adhesive tape to carry out a range of new analytical protocols simply and inexpensively without external pumps is described.

TL;DR: Paper as discussed by the authors describes several low-cost methods for fabricating flexible electronic circuits on paper, which include metallic wires (e.g., tin or zinc) that are deposited on the substrate by evaporation, sputtering, or airbrushing, and discrete surface-mountable electronic components that are fastened with conductive adhesive directly to the wires.