Systems and methods for software-reconfigurable chemical process systems useful in a wide range of applications. Embodiments may include software control of internal processes, automated provisions for cleaning internal elements with solvents, provisions for clearing and drying gasses, and multitasking operation. In one family of embodiments, a flexible software-reconfigurable multipurpose reusable Lab-on-a-Chip or embedded chemical processor is realized that can facilitate a wide range of applications, instruments, and appliances. Through use of a general architecture, a single design can be economically manufactured in large scale and readily adapted to diverse specialized applications. Clearing and cleaning provisions may be used to facilitate reuse of the device, or may be used for decontamination prior to recycling or non-reclaimed disposal. In other embodiments, a flexible software-reconfigurable multipurpose reusable laboratory glassware setup may be realized, sparing talented laboratory staff from repetitive, complex, or low-level tasks occurring in analysis, synthesis, or smallscale chemical manufacturing.

A microfluidic chip and a high-throughput small-volume nanoparticle synthesis system based on microfluidic technology are provided. The system comprises a pressure controller and a pressure distribution assembly, which is connected to an output end of the pressure controller; a pressure output end of the pressure distribution assembly is connected to a microfluidic chip, a flow channel for nano-particle synthesis is arranged on the microfluidic chip, and each of an inlet end and a synthesis end of the flow channel is provided with a liquid storage pool. The size, distribution and consistency of nano-particles are accurately controlled, and reagent raw materials are directly for synthesis by means of a flow channel, thereby avoiding reagent waste caused by dead volume due to redundant connection, and high-throughput requirement are effectively met by means of increasing the number of microfluidic chips or parallel flow channels on the same chip.

A plurality of microfluidic chips are prepared in which a main chip having a minute space into which a liquid is introduced is held in a guide. These microfluidic chips are connected in a row, and the minute spaces provided in two adjacent main chips are connected by a joint chip. The joint chip is held half each by the respective guides so as to straddle the two adjacent main chips to form a portion of a flow channel including the minute spaces provided in the two main chips. The minute spaces included in the two adjacent main chips and a communication flow path built into the joint chip are connected by a main communication hole of the main chip and a joint communication hole of the joint chip to form a flow channel.

Provided is a method of manufacturing a module structure for photomicro-reactors. The method of manufacturing a module structure for photomicro-reactors according to an aspect of the present invention, which is a method of manufacturing the module structure for photomicro-reactors inside which a reactant and a photocatalyst flow and photochemically react, includes mixing a polymer and a photoinitiator to prepare a photocurable resin, exposing one region of a surface of the photocurable resin to ultraviolet light to form a unit layer having a predetermined thickness, placing the photocurable resin on an upper side of the unit layer, and forming and stacking a plurality of the unit layers by repeatedly performing the forming of the unit layer and the placing of the photocurable resin to form the module structure.