Design and optimization of coin-shaped microreactor chips for PET radiopharmaceutical synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

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An integrated elastomeric microfluidic device, with a footprint the size of a postage stamp, has been designed and optimized for multistep radiosynthesis of PET tracers.

Methods

The unique architecture of the device is centered around a 5-microL coin-shaped reactor, which yields reaction efficiency and speed from a combination of high reagent concentration, pressurized reactions, and rapid heat and mass transfer. Its novel features facilitate mixing, solvent exchange, and product collection. New mixing mechanisms assisted by vacuum, pressure, and chemical reactions are exploited.

Results

The architecture of the reported reactor is the first that has allowed batch-mode microfluidic devices to produce radiopharmaceuticals of sufficient quality and quantity to

SUBMITTER: Elizarov AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3000316 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature