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We investigate capillary flow in filter paper in compact point-of-care microfluidic devices for transport of liquid samples to sensing pads. Particular challenges were the effects of gravity, unintended capillaries, contamination and evaporation, and the purpose is to investigate solutions to achieve a robust device. On the condition that the liquid sample has sufficient time to saturate the filter paper, the transport of miscible liquid contaminants are mainly left to the mechanisms of diffusion, which was found to provide an inherent resistance to contamination. However, unintended capillaries between the filter paper and a surface provided an increase in the transport rate for both sample and contamination. This was avoided by sealing possible gaps on the sides of the filter paper with adhesive tape, and by applying a force perpendicular to the paper surface to flatten paper and prevent formation of air pockets between the filter paper surface and contacting surfaces.
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Research supported by: Oslofjordfond projects, No: (1) 234972, (2) 249017, (3) 258902, (4) 255893. Research Council of Norway projects, No: (1) 251129, (2) 263783. National Natural Science Foundation of China, No: (1) 61531008, (2) 61550110253. Chongqing Research Program of Basic Research and Frontier Technology: No. cstc2015jcyjBX0004 Science and Technology Research Program of Chongqing Education Commission project, No: (1) KJ15006XX, (2) KJ1600602.
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Karlsen, H., Dong, T. (2018). A Compact Device for Urine Collection and Transport in Porous Media. In: Březina, T., Jabłoński, R. (eds) Mechatronics 2017. MECHATRONICS 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 644. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65960-2_1
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