The invention relates to a method for the preparation of radiochemical compounds using a device having at least a reaction module, a dosing module, and a storage module, wherein the reaction module has at least one reaction vessel having a closable opening through which substances needed for the preparation of a predetermined radiochemical compound can be introduced into the reaction vessel of the reaction module and through which the prepared radiochemical compound can be removed from the reaction vessel of the reaction module; the dosing module has at least one pipetting head which can be moved relative to the storage module and the reaction module and in x, y, and z directions and also has at least one dosing unit; and at least one reservoir for one of the substances needed for the preparation of the respective radiochemical compound is formed in the storage module. Substances needed for the preparation of the respective radiochemical compound are introduced into the reaction vessel of the reaction module by means of dosing units, wherein the dosing units can be moved via a pipetting head in x, y directions or in x, y, and z directions.

Methods are provided for producing a molecular array comprising a plurality of molecules immobilized to a solid substrate at a density which allows individual immobilized molecules to be individually resolved, wherein each individual molecule in the array is spatially addressable and the identity of each molecule is known or determined prior to immobilization. The use of spatially addressable low density molecular arrays in single molecule detection and analysis techniques is also provided. Novel assays and methods are also provided.

The invention generally relates to methods for quantifying an amount of enzyme molecules. Systems and methods of the invention are provided for measuring an amount of target by forming a plurality of fluid partitions, a subset of which include the target, performing an enzyme-catalyzed reaction in the subset, and detecting the number of partitions in the subset. The amount of target can be determined based on the detected number.

Disclosed are a joint production method and device for aziridine, piperazine and triethylenediamine. The method comprises: reaction 1, preparing piperazine and triethylenediamine by taking ethanol amine as a raw material under the existence of a cyclamine catalyst; reaction 2, preparing aziridine by taking the ethanol amine as the raw material under the existence of a catalyst B; and taking heat released in the reaction 1 as a heat source of heat absorption in the reaction 2. The device comprises a reactor 1 for carrying out the reaction 1 and the heat exchange between reaction materials of the reaction 1 and the raw material of the reaction 2 and a reactor 2 for carrying out the reaction 2. According to the present invention, the same raw material, namely the ethanol amine is adopted, aziridine, piperazine and triethylenediamine can be produced in a joint manner, the heat released in the reaction 1 is used for preheating materials in the reaction 2, so that heat coupling between the reactions is implemented, energy conservation is facilitated and competitiveness of the device is improved.

A reactor for the synthesis of urea comprising a vertical shell and perforated baffles or trays (3) arranged to define compartments of the reactor, wherein each baffle comprises an array of individual perforated tiles (10) wherein each tile (101) comprises side walls (101A-101D) and a top face (101F), the side walls having first perforations for the liquid and said top face having second perforations for the gas, wherein said second perforations are smaller than said first perforations, and the tiles are distributed over the baffle with a two-dimensional pattern where adjacent tiles are separated by gaps (17).

The present invention provides novel microfluidic devices and methods that are useful for performing high-throughput screening assays and combinatorial chemistry. The invention provides for aqueous based emulsions containing uniquely labeled cells, enzymes, nucleic acids, etc., wherein the emulsions further comprise primers, labels, probes, and other reactants. An oil based carrier-fluid envelopes the emulsion library on a microfluidic device, such that a continuous channel provides for flow of the immiscible fluids, to accomplish pooling, coalescing, mixing, sorting, detection, etc., of the emulsion library.

A device for recording data in nucleic acids that includes a liquid dispenser configured to dispense a carrier drop, a drop collecting element, wherein during operation of the device the carrier drop flies from the liquid dispenser towards the drop collecting element in a trajectory, and at least two other liquid dispensers, arranged such that the carrier drop's trajectory passes by the at least two other liquid dispensers. The at least two other liquid dispensers are configured to dispense two respective drops towards the trajectory of the carrier drop in a synchronized manner, such that the carrier drop sequentially collides with the two drops. Each drop of the two drops aggregately includes a subset of components from a set of nucleic acid components, thereby the subsets of components are located in the carrier drop during flight and before the carrier drop lands on the drop collecting element.

The present invention relates to a parallel synthesis method and synthesizer of a compound library, and more specifically provides a parallel synthesis method and synthesizer of a compound library, which uniformly distribute a first reactant and perform independent reactions in separate spaces, and since it is possible to confirm the results for various reaction variables at once, the synthesis time of the compound library can be reduced with a high synthesis yield of the product.

A reactor for photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide includes a first reactor, a second reactor, and a light source. The first reactor includes a multiplicity of hollow-fiber membranes. The first reactor is configured to solubilize gaseous carbon dioxide to yield aqueous carbon dioxide. The second reactor is in fluid communication with the first reactor and includes a side-emitting polymeric optical fiber with a photocatalytic coating. The second reactor is configured to accept the aqueous carbon dioxide and the photocatalytic coating includes an iron-based metal-organic framework. The light source is optically coupled to the side-emitting polymeric optical fiber. Reducing carbon dioxide includes solubilizing gaseous carbon dioxide to yield aqueous carbon dioxide, contacting a side-emitting polymeric optical fiber including a photocatalytic coating with the aqueous carbon dioxide, and providing visible radiation to the side-emitting polymeric optical fiber, thereby reducing the aqueous carbon dioxide. The photocatalytic coating includes an iron-based metal organic framework.

A device for the synthesis of small molecules on a substrate is provided. The device includes a synthesis plate with vias, and a microfluidic patterning plate with a series ot open-faced channels that can be aligned with the vias on the synthesis plate. The device may be used to synthesize combinatorial libraries of small molecules.