Química Nova (Jan 2007)

Microssistemas de análises químicas: introdução, tecnologias de fabricação, instrumentação e aplicações Micro chemical analysis systems: Introduction, fabrication technologies, instrumentation and applications

  • Wendell Karlos Tomazelli Coltro,
  • Evandro Piccin,
  • Emanuel Carrilho,
  • Dosil Pereira de Jesus,
  • José Alberto Fracassi da Silva,
  • Heron Domingues Torres da Silva,
  • Claudimir Lúcio do Lago

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-40422007000800034
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 8
pp. 1986 – 2000

Abstract

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The amazing world of micro total analysis systems has provided a true revolution in analytical chemistry in recent years. The application of the microfluidic devices for chemical and biochemical processing has attracted considerable interest due to its advantages such as reduced sample and reagent consumption, processing time, energy, waste, cost, and portability. The aim of the present report is to disseminate the state of the art related to the miniaturization science in Analytical Chemistry. Historical progress, microfabrication technologies, required instrumentation and applications of the mTAS are presented in the current article, with special attention to the Brazilian contributions.

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