An automated microscale chemistry workstation capable of parallel, adaptive experimentation

Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-203

  Du, Hai ^a   Corkan, L Andrew ^a   Yang, Kexin ^a   Kuo, Patricia Y ^a   Lindsey, Jonathan S ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated workstation; Microscale chemistry; Parallel experimentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; CHEMOMETRICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033517109     PISSN: 01697439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7439(99)00019-2     Document Type: Article

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