Microdevices for Chemical Processes and Analytical Procedures

A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "C:Chemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 3578

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Interests: low temperature cofired ceramics (LTCC) microfluidic devices for chemical processes miniaturization; (LTCC) applications on micro analytical chemistry; miniaturization of flow chemistry & analytical procedures

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The impact of human activity on the environment and the depletion of natural resources has increased pressure on society to reduce emissions and improve energy efficiency through greener technologies and intensified processes. Innovative methods and technologies can be used to radically increase the efficiency of chemical processes and analytical procedures.

The confluence of technologies such as microfabrication, microfluidics and electronics as tools in microprocess engineering and flow chemistry that follow the principles of green chemistry and process intensification can enable the miniaturization of chemical processes and analytical procedures. This is supported by fundamental materials sciences, mathematical modeling and simulation and the vast body of knowledge in chemical engineering and analytical chemistry, contributing to a multidisciplinary strategy for their miniaturization and integration, with enormous potential to effect profound change in the design philosophy of modern chemical plants and analytical procedures.

Consequently, this Special Issue pursues research papers, communications and review articles with a focus on (1) novel device design strategies, fabrication techniques and materials (silicon, LTCC and polymers), integration and scale-up strategies and micromachines (reactors, mixers and separators); (2) chemical process miniaturization applications (reactors, particle formation and single and double emulsification); (3) analytical procedure miniaturization applications (lab-on-a-chip microsystems); (4) the integration of electronics and sensors in microdevices; and (5) experimental or CFD numerical studies of microfluidic devices and transport phenomena in microdevices.

Dr. Mário Ricardo Góngora-Rubio
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Keywords

  • microfluidics devices
  • flow chemistry miniaturization
  • microreactor
  • micromixer
  • separator
  • microfabrication
  • LTCC
  • silicon
  • polymer materials

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Coding, Decoding and Retrieving a Message Using DNA: An Experience from a Brazilian Center Research on DNA Data Storage
by Caio P. Gomes, André G. C. Martins, Sabrina E. Nunes, Bruno Ramos, Henrique R. Wisinewski, João L. M. S. Reis, Ariel P. Lima, Thiago Y. Aoyagi, Icaro Goncales, Danilo S. Maia, Ariane S. Tunussi, Marília S. Menossi, Sergio M. Pereira, Jr., Paula C. G. Turrini, João H. D. B. Gervasio, Bruno M. Verona and Natalia N. P. Cerize
Micromachines 2024, 15(4), 474; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi15040474 - 30 Mar 2024
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DNA data storage based on synthetic oligonucleotides is a major attraction due to the possibility of storage over long periods. Nowadays, the quantity of data generated has been growing exponentially, and the storage capacity needs to keep pace with the growth caused by [...] Read more.
DNA data storage based on synthetic oligonucleotides is a major attraction due to the possibility of storage over long periods. Nowadays, the quantity of data generated has been growing exponentially, and the storage capacity needs to keep pace with the growth caused by new technologies and globalization. Since DNA can hold a large amount of information with a high density and remains stable for hundreds of years, this technology offers a solution for current long-term data centers by reducing energy consumption and physical storage space. Currently, research institutes, technology companies, and universities are making significant efforts to meet the growing need for data storage. DNA data storage is a promising field, especially with the advancement of sequencing techniques and equipment, which now make it possible to read genomes (i.e., to retrieve the information) and process this data easily. To overcome the challenges associated with developing new technologies for DNA data storage, a message encoding and decoding exercise was conducted at a Brazilian research center. The exercise performed consisted of synthesizing oligonucleotides by the phosphoramidite route. An encoded message, using a coding scheme that adheres to DNA sequence constraints, was synthesized. After synthesis, the oligonucleotide was sequenced and decoded, and the information was fully recovered. Full article
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