Automated lab at Imperial College will have robots run reactions

A picture of Imperial College's ROAR facility

Source: © Thomas Angus/Imperial College London

First national centre for reaction studies will focus on data-driven chemistry

The UK’s first national automated centre for the study of reactions has been launched at Imperial College London. Laboratory robots at the £4.7 million facility will automatically set up experiments, while online analytic instruments will take samples and analyse reactions in real time.