Towards an integrated chemical circuit.
Everything on a chip: Recent developments in microfluidics enable the combination of droplet microfluidics with continuous-flow systems (see picture). This is a promising step towards the development of integrated, complex synthesis and analysis laboratories on chips. For example, a building-block principle could be used to integrate a multistep reaction with purification and analysis.
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Institut für Analytische Chemie, Universität Leipzig, Johannisallee 29, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. belder@uni-leipzig.de