Q&A The Column www.thecolumn.eu.com November 2006 The Next Big Thing?
Separating mixtures in tiny columns in the micrometre diameter range is
often viewed as the future of separation science. The Column spoke to
Professor Gert Desmet to find out more about the latest developments in
this exciting area of research. What are microfabricated support columns
and why Why is there renewed interest in this technique at are they
useful? the moment? The term microfabricated supports refers to any
regular There are a few important factors driving this technology at array
of particle structures that is produced using the the moment. The first one
is that it matches seamlessly to the photolithographic etching techniques
that are routinely used production technology that is used for the many
so-called in the microelectronics industry. With this fabrication
lab-on-a-chip devices that are currently being developed. In technology it
is quite straightforward to produce arrays of many instances the beating
heart of these devices is a micropillars with sizes in the 1
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