These black ceramic assemblies are used in drug development and disease screenings. They offer a cost-effective solution for demanding microfluidic requirements. Features include robust physical properties, including stability at high-processing temperatures, an improved scratch-resistant surface, and chemical inertness to an array of solvents.
The black ceramic alumina provides low background interference and greater contrast during screenings for optical fluorescence viewing. The use of thick film metallizing patterns presents electrical pathways to elicit particular sample behaviors.
To aid in avoiding sample cross-talk, a surface treatment on selected areas of the ceramic may be used.
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