Miniature UV detector and capillary spectrophotometers with CMOS array imaging: from prototypes to production

该项目有两个方面，并遵循由分析科学家和电子工程师在EPSRC分析科学计划发起的跨学科研究。首先，根据我们的专利工作所产生的分拆公司的潜在投资者的建议，为两种仪器（微型紫外检测器，毛细管分光光度计）中的每一种生产三个beta测试版本，其中alpha测试版本已经在约克大学的支持下通过原理验证资金设计和制造。这些将被放置在学术界和工业界的关键研发联系人处，以进行评估和反馈，为随后的商业化提供信息。第二条链是生产第三种仪器的阿尔法测试版本，这是一种多路复用毛细管分光光度计，由一家专业机器人公司根据分包合同设计和制造机器人样品处理。市场研究表明，该仪器在制药行业具有巨大的潜力。

The project has two strands and follows on from interdisciplinary research by analytical scientists and electronic engineers initiated in the EPSRC Analytical Science Programme. Firstly, acting on advice from potential investors in the spin-off company arising from our patented work, to produce three betatest versions of each of two instruments (miniature UV detector, capillary spectrophotometer) for which alpha-test versions have been designed and built with support by the University of York through Proof of Principle funding. These will be placed with key R&D contacts in academia and industry, for evaluation and feedback to inform subsequent commercialization. The second strand is to produce an alpha-test version of a third instrument, a multiplexed capillary spectrophotometer, with robotic sample handling designed and built under sub-contract by a speciality robotics company. Market research has shown that this instrument has huge potential in the pharmaceutical industry.