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Microfluidic Devices for Novel Synthesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Kyung Choi*
Affiliation:
[email protected], Bell Labs, Nanotechnology, 600-700 mauntain Ave, Murray Hill, NJ, 07974, United States
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Abstract

We demonstrate here functional polymeric particle synthesis by employing a microfluidic approach. The functional polymer is MIP system (molecularly imprinted polymer), which can be produced by “molecular imprinting”, a general protocol for the preparation of “synthetic receptor or binding sites” with specific recognition for targeted organic molecules. The recognition of complex molecules and biological entities is a necessary component for fabricating chemical sensors, diagonostic bio-sensors, and for drug delivery systems. We have obtained homogeneous MIP's microparticles, which may have high affinity receptor sites only by fabricating a microreactor.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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