Cyclic swelling enabled, electrically conductive 3D porous structures for microfluidic urinalysis devices.

ABSTRACT: Urinalysis is a simple and non-invasive approach for the diagnosis and monitoring of organ health and also is often used as a facile technique in assessment of substance abuse. However, quantitative urinalysis is predominantly limited to clinical laboratories. Here, we present an electrical sensing based, reusable, cellular microfluidic device that offers a fast urinalysis through quantitative reading of the electrical signals. The spatial soft porous scaffolds decorated with electrically conductive multiwalled carbon nanotubes that are capable of physically interacting with biomarkers in urine are developed through a cyclic swelling/absorption process of soft materials and are utilized to manufacture the cellular microfluidic device. The sensing capability, sensitivity and reusability (vi

SUBMITTER: Yin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10153631 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature