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Nature 441, 705 (8 June 2006) | doi:10.1038/441705a; Published online 7 June 2006

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Chemical technology: All together now

Stephen J. Haswell1

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A method that combines techniques for performing chemical synthesis, separation and measurement on a single device illustrates the considerable potential of integrated lab-on-a-chip technology.

The traditional icons of chemistry, the test-tube and conical flask, are in many situations giving way to lab-on-a-chip methodology. This route to miniaturization offers high-throughput control of reactions that range in context from chemical synthesis and measurement, through biological processing, to medical diagnostics.

  1. Stephen J. Haswell is in the Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Kingston upon Hull HU6 7RX, UK.
    Email: s.j.haswell@hull.ac.uk