Development and application of a smartphone-based thermal contrast amplification reader for photothermal lateral flow immunoassays
The high cost and poor portability of external infrared thermal imagers have limited the widespread adoption of photothermal lateral flow immunoassays (PT-LFIAs) in on-site testing. To address this, we developed a smartphone-based handheld Thermal Contrast Amplification (TCA) Reader, eliminating the need for costly ext...