Multi-well titerplate for instrumental analysis
First Claim
1. A multi-well titerplate assembly for use in conjunction with instrumental analysis is of liquid samples, comprising a plurality of individual wells each having a side wall and a bottom, said bottoms being arrayed in a common plane and being formed as a series of elevations upon a bottom plate, said side wall being of an apolar thermoplastic material chosen to interact with a liquid sample to be placed within the well whereby the resulting interfacial tension between the sample and the well side wall results in a generally planar sample surface, the material for the well bottom being a transparent thermoplastic material chosen to allow observation and analysis of the sample therethrough, the side wall being mounted with a friction-fit about the periphery of the wall bottom.
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Abstract
A titerplate for instrumental analysis of liquid samples consists of a plurality of wells in which the walls and bottoms are made of two different materials with different physical properties. This allows the interfacial tension at the surface of the liquid to be controlled in such a way that it is essentially planar, allowing more accurate analysis to be performed on the samples. The bottoms of the wells are preferably made of a transparent material, so that the analysis and observation can be done in the transmission mode.
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- 1. A multi-well titerplate assembly for use in conjunction with instrumental analysis is of liquid samples, comprising a plurality of individual wells each having a side wall and a bottom, said bottoms being arrayed in a common plane and being formed as a series of elevations upon a bottom plate, said side wall being of an apolar thermoplastic material chosen to interact with a liquid sample to be placed within the well whereby the resulting interfacial tension between the sample and the well side wall results in a generally planar sample surface, the material for the well bottom being a transparent thermoplastic material chosen to allow observation and analysis of the sample therethrough, the side wall being mounted with a friction-fit about the periphery of the wall bottom.
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