LAB-ON-A-CHIP SYSTEMS FOR BIOMEDICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

Abstract

During the last decade, pocket-size analytical equipment based on the lab-on-a-chip approach has become available. These chips, in combination with portable electronic equipment, are applicable in e.g. point-of-care ion analysis of body fluids, forensics, identification of explosives, tracking of pollution in environmental or waste waters, monitoring nutrients in agricultural or horticultural water, controlling quality in food production, or process control in chemical industry. This paper discusses several demonstrators with applications in these fields.