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BIOMICROFLUIDICS
Volume 3, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.3230501
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Improving methods for high-throughput combinatorial chemistry has emerged as a major area of research because of the importance of rapidly synthesizing large numbers of chemical compounds for drug discovery and other applications. In this investigation, a novel microfluidic chip for performing parallel combinatorial chemical synthesis was developed. Unlike past microfluidic systems designed for parallel combinatorial chemistry, the chip is a single-layer device made of poly(dimethylsiloxane) that is extremely easy and inexpensive to fabricate. Using the chip, a 2 x 2 combinatorial series of amide-formation reactions was performed. The results of this combinatorial synthesis indicate that the new device is an effective platform for running parallel organic syntheses at significantly higher throughput than with past methodologies. Additionally, a design algorithm for scaling up the 2 x 2 combinatorial synthesis chip to address more complex cases was developed. (C) 2009 American Institute of Physics. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3230501]
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