Remote powered lab on a chip
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Harriet Brewerton, RSC
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last modified
02-16-11 06:42 AM
Copyright 2011, RSC
The chip consists of a printed integrated circuit and a microfluidic device, powered wirelessly by a palm sized RFID reader
A team of US scientists has developed the first lab on a chip device to be powered remotely.
Wen Qiao at the University of California, San Diego, made a microfluidic chip that can be powered with a commercially available radio frequency transmitter for electrophoresis experiments. More...
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2011/February/16021101.asp
