Analytical Pixels Technology (APIX) announced the release of its first commercial product: GCAP, a gas chromatography device designed for a variety applications. This device, designed, assembled and tested by APIX, is based on nano-scale silicon components licensed from the CEA-Leti and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The silicon components are manufactured in Leti’s advanced semiconductor facility in Grenoble and system assembly and test are performed in APIX’s facility in Grenoble. The ability of GCAP to work with scrubbed air as a carrier gas in lieu of expensive, cumbersome bottled gases allows in situ deployment, nearly real-time analysis, and a reduction in operating costs. Additional major features of GCAP include its ability to separate and precisely quantify individual molecules among hundreds of interfering substances, depending on architectural configurations. The system can limit detection for most chemical compounds below 1 parts-per-million without pre-concentration and in the parts-per-billion range with pre-concentration. It can also reduce the volume of analyte required to less than 10 microliters, and the volume of carrier gas to less than 1 milliliter. GCAP analyzes most chemicals is less than one minute

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