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Microfluidic devices have many applications in chemistry and biology, but practical hitches associated with their use are often overlooked. One such device that optimizes catalysts tackles these issues head-on.

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Figure 1: Screening catalysts in a microfluidic device.

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  1. Robert C. R. Wootton is at the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK. r.c.wootton@ljmu.ac.uk; ,
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  2. Andrew J. deMello is in the Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK. a.demello@imperial.ac.uk,
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Wootton, R., deMello, A. Exploiting elephants in the room.Nature 464, 839–840 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/464839a

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