Hybrid analytical microfluidic techniques

这项资助涉及微流体仪器的开发。 微流体技术是对小体积使用的研究，它提供了用极少量的试剂和样品快速进行许多分析的可能性，通常使用廉价的一次性设备。 微流体研究通常被称为芯片实验室或微全分析系统（microTAS），其目标是在单个小型设备上具有完整或接近完整的分析系统。 该提案涉及使用离心（旋转）微流体盘。 这些磁盘是便携式的，非常适合在环境和医疗测试领域使用。 这项研究涉及开发全新的方法，将样品和化学品放在磁盘上。 此外，这些研究涉及开发非常新的方法来构建磁盘并使用它们，以便它们可以用于比当前一代可以处理的更复杂的分析。

This grant involves the development of microfluidic based instruments. Microfluidics, the study of the use of small volumes, offers the potential for doing many analyses rapidly with miniscule amounts of reagents and samples, often with inexpensive disposable devices. Microfluidic studies are often referred to as Lab on a Chip or micro Total Analysis Systems (microTAS) with the goal of having a complete or near complete analysis system on a single small device. The proposal involves the use of centrifugal (spinning) microfluidic disks. These disks are portable and well suited to use in the field for environmental and medical tests. The research involves the development of completely new ways to get samples and chemicals onto the disks. In addition, the studies involve developing very new ways of building the disks and using them so that they can be used for more complex analyses than the present generation can handle.