ABSTRACT
Recent scientific literature demonstrates a growing interest in the
development of miniaturized, portable analytical devices for on-
field analysis. Such devices would be helpful in several fields,
such as medical diagnostics, environmental toxicology, food quality
assessment, and security applications for detecting chemical and
biological threat agents [1]. Therefore the main challenge is to
obtain robust, compact, low-cost devices able to perform rapid,
ultrasensitive analyses without the need for equipped laboratories
or skilled personnel. Moreover, the possibility to perform the
simultaneous detection of multiple analytes with a single device is
remarkably attractive.
