A Disposable Planar Paper‐Based Potentiometric Ion‐Sensing Platform. (13th May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hu, Jinbo; Stein, Andreas; Bühlmann, Philippe
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie. Volume 128:Number 26(2016)
• Page Start: 7670
• Page End: 7673
• Publication Date: 2016-05-13
• Subjects: Analysenmethoden -- Ionenselektive Elektroden -- Klinische Analyse -- Papierbasierte Sensoren -- Potentiometrie; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/ange.201603017
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0044-8249

Abstract

Abstract: Ion‐selective electrodes (ISEs) are widely used tools for fast and accurate ion sensing. Herein their design is simplified by embedding a potentiometric cell into paper, complete with an ISE, a reference electrode, and a paper‐based microfluidic sample zone that offer the full function of a conventional ISE setup. The disposable planar paper‐based ion‐sensing platform is suitable for low‐cost point‐of‐care and in‐field testing applications. The design is symmetrical and each interfacial potential within the cell is well defined and reproducible, so that the response of the device can be theoretically predicted. For a demonstration of clinical applications, paper‐based Cl − and K + sensors are fabricated with highly reproducible and linear responses towards different concentrations of analyte ions in aqueous and biological samples. The single‐use devices can be fabricated by a scalable method, do not need any pretreatment prior to use, and only require a sample volume of 20 μL.