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Silicon microarray technology for printing DNA and protein microarrays.(January's Technology)

Bioscience Technology,  January, 2005  

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Micromachined silicon toolset is offered for printing DNA and protein microarrays. This design improves pin-to-pin uniformity, eliminates pre-spotting, and reduces dead volume, carryover and 'missing spot' phenomena. This simple design, comprised of a printhead and pins, is readily compatible with all commercial microarrayers.

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Pins are micromachined in parallel, hundreds at a time, from single crystal silicon wafers. The pins have an inert Si[O.sub.2] coating facilitating wetting and cleaning. Offering three distinct pin tip sizes, the set ...

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