Team:Hangzhou WestLake/Hardware

Hardware

We aim to create a PCBs chemical detector that is convenient and easy to operate. The detector is basically a transparent microfluid chip that can detect where there is PCBs chemical contains in the soil sample , industrial waste sample, or sea water sample. Inside this microchip is our detection system, which is a riboswich. Once the test drops are in, the effect or color changing can be seen in a few hours. Microfluidics have diverse assets: faster reaction time, enhanced analytical sensitivity, enhanced temperature control, portability, easier automation and parallelization, integration of lab routines in one device (lab-on-a-chip). It is cheap as it does not involve the use of various costly equipment or apparatuses. By using the detector we designed, agencies like environmental management organizations don’t need to build a temporary lab but a small seven cm microfluid instead.