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Lab-on-a-Chip Systems for Biomedical Analysis

Handbook of Bioanalytics

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Over the last few decades, significant progress has been made in the field of chemical and biochemical analysis, especially for clinical applications. It was undoubtedly influenced by miniaturization and the use of lab-on-a-chip systems. Currently, miniaturized devices are used in research laboratories as well as in medical facilities. Their main advantages include the possibility of carrying out the analysis at the point of sampling and short analysis time. Lab-on-a-chip systems can be fabricated using various materials and technologies. They are carefully selected, based on analytical parameters, for each type of analysis. In this chapter, information on selected technologies and materials used for the fabrication of microsystems will be discussed. Examples of systems for biomedical analysis will also be presented.

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  1. Chair of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

    Ilona Grabowska-Jadach, Robert Ziołkowski, Kasper Marchlewicz & Zbigniew Brzozka

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  1. Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland

    Bogusław Buszewski

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Grabowska-Jadach, I., Ziołkowski, R., Marchlewicz, K., Brzozka, Z. (2022). Lab-on-a-Chip Systems for Biomedical Analysis. In: Buszewski, B., Baranowska, I. (eds) Handbook of Bioanalytics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63957-0_31-1

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