INNOVATIONS IN PCR DEVICES IN TERMS OF HARDWARE PROPERTIESIRMAK CALIK AND IREM GAZEZOGLUAbstract Biotechnology co-progresses along the continuous development within other technologies and science fields such as nanophysics, thermodynamics etc. Their developments had an equal contribution to PCR devices, one way or another new innovations end up being integrated within them such as different thermal cyclings or sensors used to identify fluorescent dyes. With the global 2020 pandemic, biotechnological advances quickly became a hot-topic globally and PCR marketing skyrocketed due to an increase of demands. With a rise in positive SARS-CoV-2 cases, laboratories sought more lightweight and portable devices that are less expensive but high-sensitive props and kits to work their tests with. Microchipsâ involvement within the PCR markets achieved just that, and has proven to be revolutionary. What these chips and their accompanying hardware properties within PCR devices provide, their types and in what areas some specific chips such as photodiodes suit best are all explained in this review along with crediting the first origins of PCR devices. |