Open AccessWhat Can Chips Technology Offer for Next Century's Chemistry and Life Sciences?
Author(s) -
A. Manz
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
chimia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2673-2424
pISSN - 0009-4293
DOI - 10.2533/chimia.1996.140
Subject(s) - microfabrication , nanotechnology , drug discovery , volume (thermodynamics) , chemistry , computer science , biochemical engineering , materials science , engineering , physics , medicine , biochemistry , alternative medicine , pathology , quantum mechanics , fabrication
Microfabrication gives access to surfaces of a few micron square, and the volumes of picoliter and femtoliter size. Integration of combinatorial synthesis, analysis speed, and small-volume handling are the main advantages. Examples of experimental results in drug discovery, analytical chemistry, and microbiology exhibit the potential of the chip-microstructure approach.