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Stephen Haswell, Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Hull, talks about his invention: the micro reactor
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The Lab on a Chip Journal (LOC) publishes work relating to miniaturisation across a wide range of disciplines, including chemistry, biology, physics, engineering, electronics, and medicine.
General references relating to chemical reaction in micro reactors
Microreactors, W. Ehrfeld, V. Hessel and H. Lowe, Wiley-VCH, (2000)
The application of micro reactors to synthetic chemistry, Haswell, S.J., Middleton, R.J., O’sullivan,B., Skelton, V., Watts, P. and Styring, P., Chem. Commun., (2001), 391
The synthesis of peptides using micro reactors, Watts, P., Wiles, C., S.J. Haswell, Pombo-Villar, E. and Styring, P, Chem. Commun., (2001), 990-991
The preparation of a series of nitrostilbene ester compounds using micro reactor technology, Skelton, V., Greenway, G.M., Haswell, S.J, Styring, P., Morgan, D.O., Warrington, B.H. and Wong, S., Analyst, (2001), 126, 7-10
The generation of concentration gradients using electroosmotic flow in micro reactors allowing stereo selectivity in chemical synthesis, Skelton, V., Greenway, G.M., Haswell, S.J, Styring, P., Morgan, D.O., Warrington, B.H. and Wong, S., Analyst, (2001), 126, 11-13
Chemical and Biochemical Microreactors, Haswell, S.J. and Skelton, V., Trends in Anal. Chem. (2000), 19, 389-395
Downsizing Synthesis, Fletcher, P.D.I. and Haswell, S.J., Chemistry in Britain, November (1999), 38- 41
Theoretical investigation into the rates of chemical reactions in micro-total analytical systems (µTAS) operating under electroosmotic and electrophoretic control, Fletcher, P.D.I., Haswell, S.J. and Paunov, V.N., Analyst, (1999), 124, 1273-1282
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About our expert
Stephen Haswell is Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Hull. His current research activities are in the areas of micro reactors including analytical developments, microwave enhanced reaction chemistry, trace elemental speciation and process analysis. He is the author of over 100 research papers, a number of books and patents and is widely known nationally and internationally for his enthusiastic lectures. His research group, comprising of around 25 research staff, is supported from a research income of approximately £1M per year. For a number of years one of the underlying principles of Prof. Haswell’s research has been to break down the sectorial walls which exist in science, in particular, the integration of analytical science with main line chemistry, physics, engineering and biology. In 2000 he was awarded the RSC Medal in Analytical Reactions and Analytical Reagents sponsored by Merck LTD for his work in the field of Lab-on-a-chip.
