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Manufactured from 100% cyclo-olefin polymer (COP) to provide superior optical clarity, thermal stability, biocompatibility, low auto-fluorescence, flatness and chemical resistance (suitable for use with 100% DMSO).
Evaporation management reduces risk of sample damage
Extra perimeter wells can be added around the plate edge to protect samples against the damaging effects of evaporation and water uptake while snug fitting lids provide an additional barrier. All this leads to better quality results across the whole plate without interfering with liquid handling access.
Superior optical inertness
COP plates are optically transparent with ultra-low autofluorescence to reduce background noise.
Provide broad transmission window, 230nm, near IR, and low optical isotropy with very low birefringence.
Flat well bottoms
Improved flatness (less than 100 microns) improves the performance of imaging applications.
Homogenous design, no adhesives are used during manufacturing.
Biologically and chemically inert
Broad chemical resistance. Cyclo-olefin microplates are not compromised by DMSO and can be used for pre-printing chemical libraries for just-in-time screening operations.
100% biocompatible, cells grow readily on the plate surface, the surface chemistry is similar to polypropylene. When left untreated the plate surface displays very low non-specific binding.
Available tissue-culture treated for cell, or biochemical attachment. COP plates can be coated with pdL, collagen and many other processes, to improve surface performance for sensitive cell-lines or biomolecules.
Dual use “store and screen”
COP plates are rigid, meet SBS standards, and can be used reliably in most automated systems, at any temperature. Available in 384, 1536 and 3456 well formats for a wide variety of screening workloads and throughput.
Ideal for cell-based assays and most general biological assays such as receptor binding, enzymatic activity and molecular biological reactions.
“Acoustic ready”. COP plates are recommended for use on the Ats-100 acoustic (non-contact) dispenser. Available with pre-applied Code 128 barcode, tested for optimal readability, chemical resistance and temperature variation.
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