1.4    POLYMERS

Polymer technology is perhaps the most important result of the great understanding humanity has gained in the last century of organic chemistry besides biochemical applications that we will review in Chapters 2 and 3. Polymers are uniquely present in our lives, from common everyday applications to the more sophisticated technologies such as labs on chip.

As a matter of fact, polymers are key materials for labs on chip technology, so that a review of a few key polymers qualities is preliminary to any discussion on labs on chip fabrication. A wide range of labs on chip are built completely out of polymers and technologies to fabricate small chips from polymer materials have acquired a key importance in this field. We will review ...

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