Micro Total Analysis Systems '98: Proceedings of the uTAS '98 Workshop, held in Banff, Canada, 13-16 October 1998 1998 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Table of Contents: Microsystems for Genetic Analysis. Themes in mu-TAS Today. Interconnections and Sample Interfaces. Fluid Mobilization and Control. Poster Session I. Cells on Chips. Array Based Technologies. Microfluidic Systems for Assays. Microfabrication in Plastic. DNA Analysis on Microchips. Micro Optics and Detection. Fluid Control Concepts. Micro Chip Based Electrophoresis. Poster Session II. Future Themes in Micro-TAS I. Future Themes in Micro-TAS II. Authors Index. Subject Index. Publisher Marketing: Micro-TAS '98 is the third of a series of symposia initiated by MBSA (University of Twente) in 1994, on the subject of miniaturizing, and integrating within a monolithic structure, the chemical, biochemical and biological procedures commonly used for analysis and synthesis. The primary tool used to develop micro-total analysis systems (m-TAS) has been micro-photolithographic patterning and micromachining. These powerful tools of Micro System Technology (MST or MEMS) have been applied in highly imaginative ways to develop microchip chemical arrays, fully integrated pump and fluid manifolds, and electrokinetically driven micro-channel systems to be used for genetic analysis, clinical diagnostics and environmental monitoring, and to integrate reactions as diverse as the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the large volume, partial oxidation of ammonia.