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Nature 441, 705 (8 June 2006) | doi:10.1038/441705a; Published online 7 June 2006
Chemical technology: All together now
Stephen J. Haswell1
Abstract
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.
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