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Hand-powered ultralow-cost paper centrifuge

Bhamla, M., Benson, B., Chai, C. et al. Hand-powered ultralow-cost paper centrifuge. Nat Biomed Eng 1, 0009 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-016-0009
MOTIVATION
• Important part of any medical diagnostic facility
• clinical and point-of-care settings
• IVF diagnostics, clinical chemistry, immunoassays,
and nucleic acid tests

• High cost AND Bulky and electric powered

Bhamla, M., Benson, B., Chai, C. et al. Hand-powered ultralow-cost paper centrifuge. Nat Biomed Eng 1, 0009 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-016-0009
Bhamla, M., Benson, B., Chai, C. et al. Hand-powered ultralow-cost paper centrifuge. Nat Biomed Eng 1, 0009 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-016-0009
Paperfuge
Materials.

Bhamla, M., Benson, B., Chai, C. et al. Hand-powered ultralow-cost paper centrifuge. Nat Biomed Eng 1, 0009 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-016-0009
Spinning dynamics of a paperfuge
Spinning dynamics of a paperfuge

Bhamla, M., Benson, B., Chai, C. et al. Hand-powered ultralow-cost paper centrifuge. Nat Biomed Eng 1, 0009 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-016-0009
Spinning dynamics of a paperfuge

Bhamla, M., Benson, B., Chai, C. et al. Hand-powered ultralow-cost paper centrifuge. Nat Biomed Eng 1, 0009 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-016-0009
Spinning dynamics of a paperfuge

Bhamla, M., Benson, B., Chai, C. et al. Hand-powered ultralow-cost paper centrifuge. Nat Biomed Eng 1, 0009 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-016-0009
Spinning dynamics of a paperfuge

• nonlinear,
• non-conservative oscillator
• Supercoiling turbocharge the paperfuge
• radius of the central disc strongly
influences the maximum speed achieved

Bhamla, M., Benson, B., Chai, C. et al. Hand-powered ultralow-cost paper centrifuge. Nat Biomed Eng 1, 0009 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-016-0009
Validation of the theoretical model with
experiments

Bhamla, M., Benson, B., Chai, C. et al. Hand-powered ultralow-cost paper centrifuge. Nat Biomed Eng 1, 0009 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-016-0009
Validation of the theoretical model with
experiments

Bhamla, M., Benson, B., Chai, C. et al. Hand-powered ultralow-cost paper centrifuge. Nat Biomed Eng 1, 0009 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-016-0009
Validation of the theoretical model with
experiments

Bhamla, M., Benson, B., Chai, C. et al. Hand-powered ultralow-cost paper centrifuge. Nat Biomed Eng 1, 0009 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-016-0009
Validation of the theoretical model with
experiments
Validation of the theoretical model with
experiments

Bhamla, M., Benson, B., Chai, C. et al. Hand-powered ultralow-cost paper centrifuge. Nat Biomed Eng 1, 0009 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-016-0009
 

Design space

• F =[5 ,50 ]N
• = [0.05,0.5]mm
• = [0.3,4.5]mm

depends on different physical


parameters, such as string radius and
length, and disc radius and width

Bhamla, M., Benson, B., Chai, C. et al. Hand-powered ultralow-cost paper centrifuge. Nat Biomed Eng 1, 0009 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-016-0009
Bhamla, M., Benson, B., Chai, C. et al. Hand-powered ultralow-cost paper centrifuge. Nat Biomed Eng 1, 0009 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-016-0009
Bhamla, M., Benson, B., Chai, C. et al. Hand-powered ultralow-cost paper centrifuge. Nat Biomed Eng 1, 0009 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-016-0009
Bhamla, M., Benson, B., Chai, C. et al. Hand-powered ultralow-cost paper centrifuge. Nat Biomed Eng 1, 0009 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-016-0009
Comparisation with commercial centrifuge

Bhamla, M., Benson, B., Chai, C. et al. Hand-powered ultralow-cost paper centrifuge. Nat Biomed Eng 1, 0009 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-016-0009
References
• Bhamla, M., Benson, B., Chai, C. et al. Hand-powered ultralow-cost paper centrifuge. Nat Biomed
Eng 1, 0009 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-016-0009
Bhamla, M., Benson, B., Chai, C. et al. Hand-powered ultralow-cost paper centrifuge. Nat Biomed Eng 1, 0009 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-016-0009

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