Agilent Technologies is the leader in commercial microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip technology. This technology utilizes a network of channels and wells that are etched onto glass or polymer chips to build mini-labs. Pressure or electrokinetic forces move pico liter volumes in finely controlled manner through the channels. Lab-on-a-Chip enables sample handling, mixing, dilution, electrophoresis and chromatographic separation, staining and detection on single integrated systems. The main advantages of Lab-on-a-Chip are ease-of-use, speed of analysis, low sample and reagent consumption and high reproducibility due to standardization and automation.
Capillary electrophoresis (CE) with its high efficiency, rapid analysis time and use of minimal sample and reagent volumens, covers a broad range of applications in a wide variety of industries. Agilent Technologies pioneered the development of this technique with the Agilent 3D Capillary Electrophoresis system. Ever since the system was introduced in 1993 Agilent Technologies is a leader in the CE technology world and is sustaining its innovations. In particular the high sensitivity detection cell and the fully integrated solutions for CE/MS open up a diverse application area.
