Development of a lateral flow test for rapid pyrethroid detection using antibody-gated indicator-releasing hybrid materials
The employment of type-I pyrethroids for airplane disinfection in recent years underlines the necessity to develop sensing schemes for the rapid detection of these pesticides directly at the point-of-use.
Smartphone clip-on instrument and microfluidic processor for rapid sample-to-answer detection of Zika virus in whole blood using spatial RT-LAMP
Rapid, simple, inexpensive, accurate and sensitive point-of-care (POC) detection of viral pathogens in bodily fluids is a vital component of controlling the spread of infectious diseases.
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Mobile origami immunosensors for the rapid detection of urinary tract infections
Immunosensors made of paper interfaced with smartphones diagnose UTIs in less than 10 minutes.
All-printed semiquantitative paper-based analytical devices relying on QR code array readout
Colorimetric assay enabling user independent semiquantitative result readout through an array of sequentially unmasked QR codes.
Smartphone-assisted Hepatitis C detection assay based on magnetic levitation
This work describes development of smartphone-assisted magnetic levitation assay for Point-of-Care (PoC) applications.
A simple and ubiquitous device for picric acid detection in latent fingerprints using carbon dots
This work addresses the synthetic optimization of carbon dots (CDs) and their application in sensing picric acid from latent fingerprints by exploiting a smartphone-based RGB tool.
Human mesenchymal stem cell (hMSC) differentiation towards cardiac cells using a new microbioanalytical method
A microbioanalytical method of stem cell (SC) differentiation towards cardiac cells using a newly developed digitally controlled microdispenser.
A handheld continuous-flow real-time fluorescence qPCR system with a PVC microreactor
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has unique advantages of sensitivity, specificity and rapidity in pathogen detection, which makes it at the forefront of academia and application in molecular biology diagnosis.
Measurement of serum phosphate levels using a mobile sensor
We report a portable and cost-effective point-of-care device capable of measuring serum phosphate levels using a single drop of blood.
About this collection
This is an ongoing collection of papers from Analyst focusing on Smartphone-based sensors. This is a new and exciting area of sensor research with various areas of application including; health monitoring, medical diagnostics, environmental exposure analysis and forensics. Papers in the collection include perspectives, reviews, and original research articles. Guest Edited by Professor Sharon Weiss and Professor Jinhong Guo. New articles will be added to this collection as they are published.