TY  - JOUR
A1  - Grießner, Matthias
A1  - Hartig, Dave
A1  - Christmann, Alexander
A1  - Ehrentreich-Förster, Eva
A1  - Warsinke, Axel
A1  - Bier, Frank Fabian
T1  - Surface regeneration of microfluidic microarray printheads through plasma techniques
N2  - This work describes a method for surface regeneration of microfluidic microarray printheads through plasma techniques. Modification procedures were chosen in a way to obtain high reproducibility with a minimum of time consumption. The idea behind this is a complete regeneration of a microarray printhead before or after usage to achieve best printing results over a typical print job. A sequence of low-pressure oxygen-plasma and plasma polymerization with hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDSO) was used to regenerate printheads. Proof of the concept is given through quality control performed with a spotter implemented CCD camera, contact angle measurements and a typical hybridization experiment. Stable printing results were obtained over 3000 activations showing that the presented method is suitable for treatment of microarray printheads.
Y1  - 2010
UR  - http://iopscience.iop.org/0960-1317/
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1088/0960-1317/20/3/037002
SN  - 0960-1317
ER  -