A 3D-printed microfluidic device was designed and manufactured using a low cost ($2000) consumer grade fusion deposition modelling (FDM) 3D printer. FDM printers are not typically used, or are capable, of producing the fine detailed structures required for microfluidic fabrication. However, in this work, the optical transparency of the device was improved through manufacture optimisation to suc...

A method for selective determination of copper(II) based on the reactions of copper(II) or cobalt(II) with 3(o-carboxy-p-nitrobenzene)azo chromotropic acid (CNBAC) at pH = 11.4 was developed. Results have shown that two complexes, Co(CNBAC)2 and Cu(CNBAC), were formed, whose cumulative stability constants were 5.22 10 and 7.61 10 dm mol, respectively, and their molar absorption coefficients wer...

A 3D-printed microfluidic device was designed and manufactured using a low cost ($2000) consumer grade fusion deposition modelling (FDM) 3D printer. FDM printers are not typically used, or are capable, of producing the fine detailed structures required for microfluidic fabrication. However, in this work, the optical transparency of the device was improved through manufacture optimisation to suc...

A 3D-printed microfluidic device was designed and manufactured using a low cost ($2000) consumer grade fusion deposition modelling (FDM) 3D printer. FDM printers are not typically used, or are capable, of producing the fine detailed structures required for microfluidic fabrication. However, in this work, the optical transparency of the device was improved through manufacture optimisation to suc...

1,8-Dihydroxy-2-(imidazol-2-ylazo)-naphthalene-3,6-disulphonic acid (imidazol-azo-chromotropic acid IACA) was immobilized onto the anion exchange resin Dowex 1-X8, 50-100 mesh. The aim of this work was to investigate the mechanism of the complex formation between Pd(II) and immobilized IACA by following the absorption spectra of the solid phase. The reaction between Pd(II) and immobilized azo-d...

In a weak acid medium, protein reacts with a monoazo dye of chromotropic acid, such as Chromazol KS (CALKS), Acid Chrome Dark Blue (ACDB), Chrome Blue SE (CBSE), Acid Chrome Blue K (ACBK), Chlorophosphonazo I (CPAI), Arsennazo I (AAI) and Chromotrope 2R (CT2R), to form a combination product. This results in a significant enhancement of the resonance Rayleigh-scattering (RRS) intensity, and the ...