IGF::OT::IGF - HJ SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY, INC. PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A NOVEL HIGH PRESSURE "PUMP-ON-A-CHIP" (HPPOC) TECHNOLOGY CAPABLE OF GENERATING HIGH PRESSURE AND FLOW RATE ON THE MICROCHIP LEVEL. WHEN COMBINED WITH A "VALVE-ON-A-CHIP" (VOC) PLATFORM, HPPOC IS NATURALLY SUITED FOR NASA PLANETARY SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INCLUDING ON-CHIP HPLC SAMPLE MANIPULATION AND ANALYSIS. IN PHASE I, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF THE TECHNOLOGY BY FABRICATING A SET OF HPPOC CHIPS AND SUCCESSFULLY DEMONSTRATING THE REQUIRED MAXIMUM PRESSURES AND FLOW RATES. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE ALSO ESTABLISHED A NOVEL HPPOC ACTUATED VOC PLATFORM. IN PHASE II, WE WILL CONSTRUCT, TEST, AND DELIVER A HIGH PERFORMANCE AND LOW POWER CONSUMPTION MICROFLUIDIC SAMPLE MANIPULATION MANIFOLD PROTOTYPE. IN PARTICULAR, WE WILL BUILD AN INTEGRATED ON-CHIP HPLC BUFFER AND SAMPLE INJECTION PUMP AND VALVE MANIFOLD SPECIFICALLY ENGINEERED TO SUPPORT THE CHIP-BASED LC-MS RESEARCH EFFORT AT GSFC. IN ADDITION, THE PHASE II WORK WILL ALSO BE PERFORMED IN PARALLEL WITH EFFORTS TO DEVELOP SUCH MANIFOLDS FOR THE COMMERCIAL ANALYTICAL MARKETS.