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Abstract

Electrokinetic forces are emerging as a powerful means to drive microfluidic systems with flow channel cross-sectional dimensions in the tens of micrometers and flow rates in the nanoliter per second range. These systems provide many advantages such as improved analysis speed, improved reproducibility, greatly reduced reagent consumption, and the ability to perform multiple operations in an integrated fashion. Planar microfabrication methods are used to make these analysis chips in materials such as glass or polymers. Many applications of this technology have been demonstrated, such as DNA separations, enzyme assays, immunoassays, and PCR amplification integrated with microfluidic assays. Further development of this technology is expected to yield higher levels of functionality of sample throughput on a single microfluidic analysis chip.

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2000-06-01
2024-10-12
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