Cellulose nanofibers to improve the sensitivity of lateral flow tests

Date 7th, Aug 2019
Source Nanowerk - Nanotechnology Websites

DESCRIPTION

Researchers have carried out a research to enhance the sensitivity of lateral flow tests. They have proposed to include cellulose nanofibers in the test area, which has produced an average increase of 36.6 % of the colorimetric signal on positive tests.