Dissolving carboxylate modified micro spheres stick to
the PDMS channel walls
Mohammed Asfer
2008-06-04
Dear all
I am using carboxylate modified micro spheres(1.0 um, nile red
fluorescent, Invitrogen, molecular probes) for microPIV
measurements for flows through the microchannel made of PDMS. But
during flow, some of the the above fluorescent microspheres stick
to the walls of the PDMS channel. As a result it becomes
difficult to reuse the above channel. So can anyone tell me what
solvents can be used to dissolve those particles from the channel
walls without any changes in the microchannel features.
Thanks in advance for those who will reply.
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With regards & Best wishes
Mohammed Asfer