Nanowire Ink Printed Paper Sensor Reduces Diagnostic Cost

Lisa Weiner | Apply Sci | November 21, 2014

University of Tennessee‘s Anming Hu, Southeast University‘s Rhou-Zhou Li and and colleagues are printing conductive ink on paper to create low cost, lightweight, foldable, paper based sensors. The devices, which can be made or used anywhere,  respond to touch or specific molecules, such as glucose. Current paper-based diagnostic and DNA tests require complicated,  expensive manufacturing...