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Wax screen-printable ink for massive fabrication of negligible-to-nil cost fabric-based microfluidic (bio)sensing devices for colorimetric analysis of sweat

TALANTA(2024)

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Abstract
Fabric-based microfluidic analytical devices (mu ADs) have emerged as a promising material for replacing paper mu ADs thanks to their superior properties in terms of stretchability, mechanical strength, and their wide scope of applicability in wearable devices or embedded in garments. The major obstacle in their widespread use is the lack of a technique enabling their massive fabrication at a negligible-to-nil cost. In response, we report the development of a wax ink with proper thixotropic and hydrophobic properties, fully compatible with automatic screen-printing that allows the one step massive fabrication of microfluidics on a cotton/elastane fabric, with a printing resolution 400 mu m (hydrophilic channel) and 1000 mu m (hydrophobic barrier), without being necessary any post curing. The cost of the ink (50 g) and of each microfluidic device is ca. 2.3 and 0.007 euro, respectively. The active component of the ink was a refined beeswax in a matrix based on ethyl cellulose in 2-butoxy ethyl acetate. Screen-printed fabric mu ADs were used for the simultaneous colorimetric determination of pH and urea in untreated human sweat by using multivariate regression analysis. This method enabled the direct measurement of urea using urease, regardless of the sweat's pH, and shows strong agreement with a reference method.
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Microfluidics,Screen -printing wax ink,Sweat urea and pH,Point -of -care biosensors,Multivariate regression analysis
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