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Lab on a Chip– The Potential of Nanotechnology

Lab on a chip is a type of nanotechnology that helps one or multiple laboratories to combine all their function into a small circuit. Hochuen research and creates such LOC technology for you.

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A common habit of modern technologies is to try to make everything smaller and bring them within the palm of our hands. Lab on a chip is one of such techs that use the concept of nanotechnology in order to integrate the activities of a group of labs into a small circuit. This circuit is also known as a chip. LOC brings numerous advantages to a lab. One of the initial reasons behind this tech is to use artificial intelligence to automate different lab functions. Another common use of it is to get clearer screening on various digital devices in the lab. But that is not where the wonders of LOC ends.

Thinking about all the benefits of this device, Hochuen has taken its steps to create some of the best nanochips for lab on a chip process. Not only do these chips have ultra-screening capability, but they can also integrate highly complex lab functions within a very small (micrometer) size. Hochuen also studies microfluidic technology to upgrade their lab on a chip devices.

Benefits of LOC

Lab on a chip was invented and being used for some advantages that it offers. These benefits are given depending on the application that they are working on. Below, we have elaborated on some of the reasons how LOC can help lab experiments.

• Lab on a chip uses microfluidic volume to continue its tasks. As a result, labs connected with a chip can finish their job with the least amount of sample. It also reduces the cost of chemicals and reagents and decreases the wasting of the elements.
• As a nanotech, the functions of all the lab experiments stay close. It reduces the experiment times by a high amount. Small activities such as heating or screening happen faster.
• Like how any other nanotech would, lab on a chip contract the lab processes into a small field and makes everything accessible.
• It makes it possible to perform parallelization to the lab experiments. Parallelization is the process where two or more parts of a sample are being examined together. It allows researchers to get results quicker.
• It allows automation technology to the lab, increasing the accuracy and reliability of the test outcomes.
• It makes the experiments safer and more effective.

Disadvantages of LOC

We shouldn’t gloss over the issues that lab on a chip tech brings along. Here are some of them-

• While LOC makes the lab activities cheaper, the manufacturing of nanotech like these is so expensive and effortful.
• Currently, the LOC techs available are not as practical for widespread usage. However, LOC from Hochuen is proven to be highly practical.
• While using lab on a chip, processes like chemical reactions, surface roughness, or capillary forces can appear more powerful. Now, that sometimes ends up making the experiments more difficult and complex. It is an event that won’t happen while using regular lab instruments.

Researches show that lab on a chip is a technology that can save many countries and regions from deadly diseases and infectious viruses. Many areas cannot provide enough medication services to all the patients. Meanwhile, the diagnosis process is also absent or slow due to the lack of faster lab activities. With the help of LOC, the labs can now make use of parallel tests and provide diagnosis at a swifter phase.

Since these microfluidic chips can turn into a crying need in the healthcare and medical fields, Hochuen is inventing creative LOC techs. They already practicalized the processes and offering them for authorized usage.