{"entity": "publication", "iuid": "b19115bf70fb4deabbb24bd6b113b04c", "timestamp": "2026-08-23T09:25:36.667Z", "links": {"self": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/publication/b19115bf70fb4deabbb24bd6b113b04c.json"}, "display": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/publication/b19115bf70fb4deabbb24bd6b113b04c"}}, "title": "Smartphone-driven centrifugal microfluidics for diagnostics in resource limited settings.", "authors": [{"family": "Lapins", "given": "Noa", "initials": "N"}, {"family": "Akhtar", "given": "Ahmad S", "initials": "AS"}, {"family": "Banerjee", "given": "Indradumna", "initials": "I"}, {"family": "Kazemzadeh", "given": "Amin", "initials": "A"}, {"family": "Pinto", "given": "In\u00eas F", "initials": "IF"}, {"family": "Russom", "given": "Aman", "initials": "A"}], "type": "journal article", "published": "2024-10-26", "journal": {"title": "Biomed Microdevices", "issn": "1572-8781", "volume": "26", "issue": "4", "pages": "43", "issn-l": "1387-2176"}, "abstract": "The broad availability of smartphones has provided new opportunities to develop less expensive, portable, and integrated point-of-care (POC) platforms. Here, a platform that consists of three main components is introduced: a portable housing, a centrifugal microfluidic disc, and a mobile phone. The mobile phone supplies the electrical power and serves as an analysing system. The low-cost housing made from cardboard serves as a platform to conduct tests. The electrical energy stored in mobile phones was demonstrated to be adequate for spinning a centrifugal disc up to 3000 revolutions per minute (RPM), a rotation speed suitable for majority of centrifugal microfluidics-based assays. For controlling the rotational speed, a combination of magnetic and acoustic tachometry using embedded sensors of the mobile phone was used. Experimentally, the smartphone-based tachometry was proven to be comparable with a standard laser-based tachometer. As a proof of concept, two applications were demonstrated using the portable platform: a colorimetric sandwich immunoassay to detect interleukin-2 (IL-2) having a limit of detection (LOD) of 65.17 ng/mL and a fully automated measurement of hematocrit level integrating blood-plasma separation, imaging, and image analysis that takes less than 5 mins to complete. The low-cost platform weighing less than 150 g and operated by a mobile phone has the potential to meet the REASSURED criteria for advanced diagnostics in resource limited settings.", "doi": "10.1007/s10544-024-00726-x", "pmid": "39460830", "labels": [], "xrefs": [{"db": "pmc", "key": "PMC11512838"}, {"db": "pii", "key": "10.1007/s10544-024-00726-x"}], "notes": [], "created": "2026-08-20T06:39:57.417Z", "modified": "2026-08-20T06:39:57.467Z"}