Lab-On-A-Chip (Loc) Integrates Different Forms of Analyses such as Chemical Synthesis
On a single chip, lab-on-a-chip
(LoC) combines various types of analysis, including chemical synthesis,
biochemical processes, and DNA sequencing. These biochemical processes have
been reduced in size and optimised, which has reduced costs and increased diagnostic
turnaround time. Additionally, LoC is a device that can reduce one or more
laboratory tasks to chip-format, where a chip's size can range from a few
square centimetres to millimetres. LoC is primarily the integration of
biosensors, electronics, fluid mechanics, and optics.
In order to achieve automation
and high-throughput screening, a lab-on-a-chip
(LOC) is a device that combines one or more laboratory functions on a single
integrated circuit, also known as a "chip," that is only a few square
centimetres in size. LOCs are capable of handling fluid volumes as small as
picoliters. Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices, which include lab-on-a-chip
devices, are also known as "micro total analysis systems" (TAS).
Microfluidics, the physics, manipulation, and study of tiny amounts of fluids,
may be used by LOCs. While "TAS" is focused on the integration of the
entire sequence of lab processes to perform chemical analysis, strictly
speaking, "lab-on-a-chip" generally denotes the scaling down of
single or multiple lab processes to chip-format.
The use of Lab-On-A-Chip
to diagnose various infections and diseases, such as HIV infections, chronic
diseases, and in the field of botany, is becoming more and more popular. This
is anticipated to fuel market expansion. Due to their features like simple
portability, automated sample handling, and reconfigurability, LoC devices are
in high demand. Because they deliver quick and accurate diagnosis results, LoC
devices are appropriate for point-of-care diagnosis.
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