Issue 7, 2015
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Lab on a Chip

Triboelectric effect as a new strategy for sealing and controlling the flow in paper-based devices†

Everson T. S. G. da Silva,ac   Murilo Santhiago,ac   Fabrício R. de Souza,bc   Wendell K. T. Coltrobc  and  Lauro T. Kubota*ac  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry–Unicamp, P.O. Box 6154, Campinas-SP, Brazil
E-mail: kubota@iqm.unicamp.br
Tel: +55 19 3521-3127

b Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Goiás, P.O. Box 131, Goiânia, GO, Brazil

c National Institute of Science and Technology of Bioanalytics (INCTBio), Campinas, SP, Brazil

Abstract

We reported here for the first time that triboelectric charges on PET sheets can be used to seal and control the flow rate in paper-based devices. The proposed method exhibits simplicity and low cost, provides reversible sealing and minimizes the effect of sample evaporation.

Graphical abstract: Triboelectric effect as a new strategy for sealing and controlling the flow in paper-based devices

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5LC00022J
Article type
Technical Innovation
Submitted
06 Jan 2015
Accepted
04 Feb 2015
First published
04 Feb 2015

Lab Chip, 2015,15, 1651-1655

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Triboelectric effect as a new strategy for sealing and controlling the flow in paper-based devices

E. T. S. G. da Silva, M. Santhiago, F. R. de Souza, W. K. T. Coltro and L. T. Kubota, Lab Chip, 2015, 15, 1651 DOI: 10.1039/C5LC00022J

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