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News Release 04-090
Searing Heat, Little Package
High-temperature lab-on-a-chip can get hotter than surface of Venus
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Microhotplates crafted of silicon carbide by Boston Microsystems, each consisting of a central plate surrounded by curved tethers. The largest is less than 100 microns (millionths of a meter) across.
Credit: Boston Microsystems, Inc.; National Science Foundation
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Infrared image of microhotplate. Central plate is only 43 microns (millionths of a meter) across.
Credit: Boston Microsystems, Inc.; National Science Foundation
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Miniature, polycarbonate laboratory that houses the microhotplates. The hotplate is visible as a minute, gold-colored speck in the center of the chamber.
Credit: Boston Microsystems, Inc.; National Science Foundation
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