Abstract:The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need of eco-friendly and locally or distributed manufacturing of diagnostic and safety products. Here, we characterized five handmade papers for their potential application to make paper analytical device (PADs). The handmade papers were made from locally available plant fiber using eco-friendly method. Thickness, grammage, and apparent density of the paper samples ranged from 198 μm to 314 μm, 49 g/m2 to 117.8 g/m2, and 0.23 to 0.39 g/cm3, respectively. Moisture conte… Show more
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