New Miniaturized Device for Lab-on-a-Chip Separations (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

New Miniaturized Device for Lab-on-a-Chip Separations

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Core of the new NIST miniature GEMBE chemical separation device (above left) is a machined acrylic block, shown with a quarter for scale. Eight sample resevoirs for multiplexed separations form a ring around the central buffer solution port. (Smaller holes are for assembly screws.) At right: prototype in use.

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