In addition, analytical microsystems offer a significant decrease in costs, by
dramatically reducing the volume of samples and reagents needed to perform a
chemical analysis. This feature also opens up the possibility of processing
samples in parallel, which is very useful when the same chemical analysis must
be performed many times, as is the case in routine laboratories. This approach is
very useful when high-throughput screening is needed. In conventional analyses, handling and processing of the sample is frequently done manually, at least
in part, and often in specialized laboratories. However, mTAS allows chemical
analyses to be brought close to the place where they need to be performed,
independent of both the laboratory and the laboratory personnel. Thus, these
integrated analytical systems are very suitable for online measurements