Going with the flow: DNA replication by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) can proceed at a greatly accelerated rate when performed in the presence of a chaotic flow induced by microscale thermal convection (see picture). The consequences of these effects sharply contradict established design rules for chemistry involving coupled flow and reaction.
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Muddu et al. (2011) studied this question.
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