Lab on a chip: Ordinary cotton thread used to stitch together low-cost microfluidic analytical device
Saturday, February 27, 2010 - 21:21
in Physics & Chemistry
In a world first, the researchers have used ordinary cotton thread and sewing needles to literally stitch together the uniquely low-cost microfluidic analytical device, which is the size of a postage stamp and allows scientists to carry out chemical analyses of minute fluid samples, such as blood and urine.