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Lab on a Chip
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Lab on a Chip full papers:

must report a significant advance in micro- or nano- science
should address the broad audience of Lab on a Chip
should have a maximum of 5 figures and 5 tables
1. How would you rate this paper relative to other papers published in Lab on a Chip?*
  
  Top 10%
  Top 25%
  Top 50%
  Bottom 50%
2. Does this article fall within the scope of the journal? *
  
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  No
3. Does the article's title adequately reflect its content? *
  
  Yes
  No
4. Are the objectives, salient features and important quantitative data stated in the abstract? *
  
  Yes
  No
5. Is the article's length commensurate with its content? (Please consider any relevant page limits when answering) *
  
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  No
  
  If the article is too long, please include in your comments recommendations for deleting text, tables or illustrations.
6. Could any material be transferred to the RSC's Electronic Supplementary Information area? *
  
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  Please give details in your comments.
7. Are the references up-to-date and accessible, and have all key references been cited? *
  
  Yes
  No
  
  Please give details in your comments of any citations that have been omitted.
8. Does the article include adequate explanations of the underlying physical principles or scaling laws accounting for the observed behaviour? *
  
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9. Is there enough information in this paper to allow other workers to be able to reproduce this work? *
  
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  No
  
  Please give details in your comments.
10. Does this represent a new technnology or an improvement of an existing technology and is it likely to be useful? *
  
  New technology, useful
  New technology, not useful
  Improvement, useful
  Improvement, not useful
  
  Please give details in your comments.
11. Does the article include adequate biological controls to substantiate the claims made? *
  
  Yes
  No
  
  If 'No', in your comments please indicate, broadly, which parts.
12. Does the technology/method introduce biases/artifacts that could lead to misleading biological interpretation? *
  
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  If 'Yes', in your comments please indicate, broadly, which parts.
13. Are there parts of this article on which a specialist's opinion is desirable? *
  
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  If 'Yes', in your comments please indicate, broadly, which parts.
14. What contribution does this paper make to the subject area it addresses? *
  
  1 = Poor, 10 = Outstanding
15. What is your recommendation? *
  
  Accept - unchanged
  Accept - with minor revisions
  Accept - with major revisions
  Reconsider - after major revisions
  Reject - fragmentation/lack of new material - see comments
  Reject - lack of novelty/significance - see comments
  Reject - scientific reasons - see comments
  Reject - other - see comments
  
  Your recommendation cannot be used unless justification is provided. Please support your recommendation in your comments.
If you recommend acceptance you must provide details to support this decision and you should outline any revisions (which should be achievable within 10 days) and indicate any additional experimental evidence required to support the results (e.g. as Electronic Supplementary Information).

If you recommend rejection you must provide details to support this decision. If you feel that work may be suitable for publication elsewhere please indicate the most appropriate journal and format.

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