Robots and Automation for Chemical Reaction Optimization

Abstract

High-throughput experimentation is a growing, enabling technology that allows running large, parallel sets of chemistry experiments. This type of automation is used increasingly in both research and development for pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, batteries, and materials chemistry. Often, robotics are used to dispense compounds on milligram to sub-milligram scale, to run many parallel reactions, and to analyse large datasets. The approaches to experimental design, implementation and analysis are distinct from traditional synthetic organic chemistry. The discipline also presents a profitable opportunity for individual scientists to learn about and explore fields adjacent to chemistry, including data science, robotics and equipment engineering, and computer programming.

Host or Publisher Chemical and Physical Society (CPS UCL)