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Porvair Sciences Ltd has introduced Pattern Adhesive Films - a new range of high integrity seals for 96- and 384-well microplates.The new films have adhesive printed in a "pattern" to exactly match the shape of the microplate wells. Consequently, no adhesive comes into contact with your samples or solvent. Unlike traditional adhesive seals, piercing a Pattern Adhesive Film with a single or multichannel pipettor or robotic probe does not risk contaminating your sample with residual adhesive.
Manufactured from 50µm thick PTFE film - Adhesive Pattern Films are tough, yet easily pierced and offer excellent optical reading properties. Adhesive Pattern Films are also extremely versatile offering secure sample protection from -80C to +120C. Patterns are available to exactly fit 96-round, 96-square and 384-square well plates. For long-term storage applications, durable 100µm polypropylene adhesive pattern films are available in the same formats.
Established in 1992, Porvair Sciences Ltd. has developed internationally recognised expertise in microplate technology and manufacturing serving applications in Drug Discovery, Combinatorial Chemistry, Solid Phase Extraction, Protein Purification, High Throughput Screening, Environmental Analysis, Proteomics and Genomics. Porvair Sciences Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Porvair plc.
