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

该项目有两个分支，是EPSRC分析科学项目中由分析科学家和电子工程师发起的跨学科研究的延续。首先，根据衍生公司的潜在投资者的建议，从我们的专利工作中产生，生产两种仪器（微型紫外探测器，毛细管分光光度计）中的每种仪器的三个测试版本，其中alpha测试版本已在约克大学的支持下通过原理证明基金的支持设计和制造。这些将与学术界和工业界的主要研发联系人一起进行评估和反馈，以便为随后的商业化提供信息。第二部分是生产第三种仪器的alpha测试版本，这是一种多路毛细管分光光度计，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.