High-throughput devices

Figure 21.1 Schematic representation (a) of membrane emulsification, where the membrane works as a high-throughput device to form droplets with regular dimensions (b) photo of an o/w emulsion...

The resistance of a surface to the irreversible non-specific adsorption of proteins is an essential requirement for its application as a substrate in a high-throughput device for carrying out diagnostic assays, in which cell-based assays for screening libraries of drug candidates are performed in a chip format. The protein resistance of the surface allows a cell population... 

Another exciting area of exploration is proteomics [22]. Opportimities will follow in creating high-throughput devices and algorithms to study proteins expressed in cells. 

The relative simplicity of the sensor setup allows them to be implemented into portable automated devices or bed-side analyzers (Fig. 4.2), which are easily installed at patient beds, eliminating the time-consuming laboratory analyses. On the other hand, modem high throughput clinical analyzers may process more than 1000 samples per hour and simultaneously determine dozens of analytes, using a handful of analytical methods. Blood electrolyte analysis, however, remains one of the most important in... 

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