-collapse: collapse; } Rapid and economical detection of biomarkers and infectious agents present in biological fluids is vitally important for decision making in health care. In particular, diagnostic immunoassays based on antibody recognition have been established as very specific and powerful for a wide range of disease detection and biomarker...

Magnetically inducible particles, such as paramagnetic microspheres, when placed in an external magnetic field align along the magnetic flux lines, to form aggregates in the form of long chains. This phenomenon has been the topic of interest in recent years due to its possible applications in microfluidics and rheology. Until now the preferred method...