Development of paper-based microfluidic analytical device for iron assay using photomask printed with 3D printer for fabrication of hydrophilic and hydrophobic zones on paper by photolithography

Hitoshi Asano; Yukihide Shiraishi

doi:10.1016/j.aca.2015.04.014

Development of paper-based microfluidic analytical device for iron assay using photomask printed with 3D printer for fabrication of hydrophilic and hydrophobic zones on paper by photolithography

Anal Chim Acta. 2015 Jul 9:883:55-60. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2015.04.014. Epub 2015 Apr 9.

Authors

Hitoshi Asano¹, Yukihide Shiraishi²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Yamaguchi 1-1-1 Daigakudori, SanyoOnoda, Yamaguchi 756-0884, Japan. Electronic address: asano@rs.tus.ac.jp.
² Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Yamaguchi 1-1-1 Daigakudori, SanyoOnoda, Yamaguchi 756-0884, Japan.

PMID: 26088776
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2015.04.014

Abstract

This paper describes a paper-based microfluidic analytical device for iron assay using a photomask printed with a 3D printer for fabrication of hydrophilic and hydrophobic zones on the paper by photolithography. Several designed photomasks for patterning paper-based microfluidic analytical devices can be printed with a 3D printer easily, rapidly and inexpensively. A chromatography paper was impregnated with the octadecyltrichlorosilane n-hexane solution and hydrophobized. After the hydrophobic zone of the paper was exposed to the UV light through the photomask, the hydrophilic zone was generated. The smallest functional hydrophilic channel and hydrophobic barrier were ca. 500 μm and ca. 100 μm in width, respectively. The fabrication method has high stability, resolution and precision for hydrophilic channel and hydrophobic barrier. This test paper was applied to the analysis of iron in water samples using a colorimetry with phenanthroline.

Keywords: 3D printer; Hydrophilic and hydrophobic patterning; Paper-based microfluidic analytical device; Photomask; Self-assembled monolayer.