Coated Microscope Slides

The coated microscope slides for micro arrays are specially selected for thickness uniformity and low fluorescence background. They are available with plain or frosted ends. Silanated slides are created by reacting the surface with 3-aminopropyl silane by a proprietary process that creates a very uniform and consistent amino surface. Direct testing of the surface shows that the coefficient of variation is less than 5% within a slide, slide to slide and batch to batch. Also available are silylated slides with a reactive aldehyde surface for binding amino labeled DNA and RNA probes as well as proteins and peptides. There are about 10 exp 13 binding sites per square centimeter on these slides.

Also available are streptavidin coated slides for binding biotin labeled oligos. Binding capacity is about 5 picomoles of biotin per square centimeter. Our newest product is an epoxy coated slide which binds to primary amino groups with high selectivity and specificity. In addition we have nickel chelate slides for binding his-tagged molecules, maleimide slides for sulfhydryls, Con A slides for carbohydrates and polylysine slides for cell binding.
All of the slides have the same uniformity and consistency, which assures reproducible data day to day and laboratory to laboratory.

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