Noncontact printing

Noncontact printing is used in the microelectronics industry to print low-viscosity electronic-grade materials solder fluxes, dielectric films, anti-static... 

Noncontact printing, in microarray fabrication, 16 386 Noncoordinating anions, 16 95 Noncovalent carbon nanotube functionalization, 17 53 Noncovalent fluorescence labeling, 20 519... 

There are, of course, noncontact printing devices useful for the construction of microarrays (see Figure 4.2). These are microdispensers that eject droplets by several different mechanisms (solenoid, piezoelectric, heated jet, acoustical wave). Perhaps the best-known commercial dispensers are the syringe driven-solenoid pump (e.g., Cartesian BioDot) and piezo systems (e.g., Packard Biosciences). 

Arraying technologies involve contact and noncontact printing. Contact printing arrayers are equipped with sets of tiny pins that position subnanoliter quantities of capture molecules... 

Bottom coder. A single print head, ink-jet printer for noncontact printing (marking, coding, and overprinting) on the bottom of filled containers. 

GRGDS, GRGES, GREDVDY, GSVVYGLR Carboxy-methyl- dextran HUVEC, human foreskin fibroblasts Noncontact printing of peptides onto activated hydrogel 2007 [161]... 

The Cassie-Baxter mode also yielded a minimized footprint of the deposited droplets, hence allowing the production of high-density noncontact printed arrays (14,000 spots/cm ) (Ressine et al. 2007). The fact that the surface is hydrophilic on a molecular scale is highly beneficial since the antibody has a lower risk of being denatured and lose its biospecific activity in contrast to what would be the case for, e.g., a highly hydrophobic fluoro-terminated surface. It should also be noted that the macro-/nanoporous silicon used for antibody microarrays displays a very low unspecific binding and hence a low background fluorescence. 

Ink-jet is a noncontact printing method, since no part of the printing device other than ink contacts the paper at the moment of ink transfer. A sharp, detailed... 

Ink-jet printing Noncontact printing that uses electrostatic acceleration and deflection of ink particles released by small nozzles to form the pattern. 

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