Figure 4
The effect of glow discharging on HARE chips. Photographs of HARE chips: (a) bottom view showing the compartment support bars, (b) top view showing the 36 compartments, (c) top view showing 3.5 µl of ddH2O loaded onto each compartment before glow discharging clearly forms droplets, and (d) top view showing 3.5 µl of ddH2O loaded onto each compartment after glow discharging evenly spreads out across each compartment and avoids the hydrophilic areas in between. |