Smartphone-based simultaneous pH and nitrite colorimetric determination for paper microfluidic devices.
Anal Chem
; 86(19): 9554-62, 2014 Oct 07.
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ABSTRACT
In this work, an Android application for measurement of nitrite concentration and pH determination in combination with a low-cost paper-based microfluidic device is presented. The application uses seven sensing areas, containing the corresponding immobilized reagents, to produce selective color changes when a sample solution is placed in the sampling area. Under controlled conditions of light, using the flash of the smartphone as a light source, the image captured with the built-in camera is processed using a customized algorithm for multidetection of the colored sensing areas. The developed image-processing allows reducing the influence of the light source and the positioning of the microfluidic device in the picture. Then, the H (hue) and S (saturation) coordinates of the HSV color space are extracted and related to pH and nitrite concentration, respectively. A complete characterization of the sensing elements has been carried out as well as a full description of the image analysis for detection. The results show good use of a mobile phone as an analytical instrument. For the pH, the resolution obtained is 0.04 units of pH, 0.09 of accuracy, and a mean squared error of 0.167. With regard to nitrite, 0.51% at 4.0 mg L(-1) of resolution and 0.52 mg L(-1) as the limit of detection was achieved.
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Papel
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Colorimetria
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Telefone Celular
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Microfluídica
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Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio
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Nitritos
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2014
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