Group Members: Erich Victor, Violet Guo

Today we will be discussing Chemical Analytics through micro and nanofluidics. To start off we’ll discuss the origins of microfluidic technology and how the process of chemical analysis was moved from a costly lab process to a fast and inexpensive method than can be done in the palm of your hand. After that we’ll move onto the inner workings of the device and soft lithography, one of the methods used to create microfluidic chips. Finally we’ll leave off with some of common applications for this technology, one of the issues scientists are trying to deal with, and what the future has in store for micro and nanofluidic analytic technology.