The future of submarines

Microfluidics: Innovations in Materials and Their Fabrication and Functionalization

“…Some of the most commonly used materials in microfluidics are problematic for biomedical and synthesis applications due to their high porosity and instability in solvents. 62 Symborski and colleagues 74 show one approach for using organic solvents with devices constructed with polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) substrates that were bonded together. They then carried out a reaction with benzophenone and methylmagnesium chloride in tetrahydrofuran; the products synthesized were subsequently examined by HPLC.…”