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      Driving Flows in Microfluidic Paper-Based Analytical Devices with a Cholinium Based Poly Ionic Liquid Hydrogel 

      Akyazi, Tugce; Tudor, Aleksandru; Diamond, Dermot; Florea, Larisa; Basabe Desmonts, Lourdes ORCID; Benito López, Fernando ORCID (Elsevier, 2018-01-31)
      Paper microfluidics technology requires effective handling and control of fluids, and this remains as asignificant obstacle for their accessibility by end-users, inhibiting their transition from the laboratory intothe ...
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      Poly(ionic Liquid) Thermo-responsive Hydrogel Microfluidic Actuators 

      Tudor, Aleksandru; Sáez Castaño, Janire; Florea, Larisa; Benito López, Fernando ORCID; Diamond, Dermot (2017-03-14)
      tributylhexyl phosphonium sulfopropylacrylate (PSPA) poly(ionic liquid) (PILc) hydrogels as temperature controlled actuators in microfluidic devices. The hydrogel size is modulated by localised changes in its temperature ...
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      Reusable Ionogel-based Photo-actuators in a Lab-on-a-disc 

      Sáez Castaño, Janire; Glennon, Thomas; Czugala, Monika; Tudor, Aleksandru; Ducree, Jens; Florea, Larisa; Benito López, Fernando ORCID (Elsevier, 2017-11-04)
      This paper describes the design, fabrication and performance of a reusable ionogel-based photo-actuator, in-situ photopolymerised into a lab-on-a-disc microfluidic device, for flow control. The ionogel provides an effective ...