| Microplate Well Design |
Applications |
| 96 Well Microplates |
| U-Bottom |
The “U” describes the round bottom shape of the well. U-bottom microplates are ideally suited for agglutination tests.
- No sharp corners to facilitate easy and residue-free
- Pipetting. Suitable for +/- analyzes
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| V-Bottom |
The “V” stands for the conically tapered well bottom. These microplates are ideally suited for applications in which the entire sample volume must be pipetted off.
- For precise pipetting
- Ideally suited for the storage of samples
- Suitable for +/- analyzes
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F-Bottom / Standard (ST) |
The “F” refers to the flat well bottom. This well type is ideal for precise optical measurements. The measuring light source is not deflected by the well profile.
- Excellent optical properties
- For precise optical measurements
- For microscopic applications (bottom reading)
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F-Bottom / Chimney Well |
The standard flat bottom microplate has the same well profile as the chimney well microplate. The difference from the standard plate is the chimney-like arrangement of the wells. Each well stands on its own. Therefore, the risk of sample carryover and cross contamination is minimized. |
| 384 Well Microplates |
| Rounded Square Wells |
All wells of the 384 well microplates, with the exception of the 384 well Small Volume™ microplate, are rounded square wells, i.e. they are square with rounded corners. This design combines the advantages of the square well, i.e. flexible working volume of 15 – 110 µl, with the advantages of a round well, such as reduced wicking and bubbling. |
| Round wells with a conical geometry |
Small Volume™ 384-well microplates have round wells with a conical geometry. |
| 1536 Well Microplates |
| Rounded Square Wells |
All wells of the 1536 well microplates are rounded square wells, i.e. they are square with rounded corners. This design combines the advantages of the square well, i.e. a flexible working volume of 3 – 10 µl with the advantages of a round well, such as reduced wicking and bubbling. |
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