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We Also Offer High
Quality Coated Microscope Slides
Thin film coated microscope
slides have many applications in optics and biotechnology. They
provide an inexpensive option for many sample measurements and can be
cleaned and reused. Gold, Aluminum, and ITO coated slides are
standard, but any of our coatings can be applied. Metal
coatings can be either opaque or partially transparent based on the
thickness. Coatings can also be
patterned providing multiple sample spots on a single slide.
Substrates:
| Clear
Borosilicate Float Glass Microscope Slide |
Rectangular: 1" x 3" x
1.1mm Thick |
Rectangular:
50mm x 75mm x 1.1mm Thick |
| Mica (Grade V-4 Muscovite) |
Square: 25mm x 25mm x 0.26mm (0.010") Thick |
Round: 9.5mm Diameter x 0.15mm (0.006") Thick |
| Silicon Wafers |
Round: 4" Diameter x 0.52mm Thick |
| Cover Glass |
Square:
25mm x 25mm x 0.13mm-0.16mm Thick |
Round:
25mm Diameter x 0.13-0.16mm Thick |
Our
clear borosilicate float glass provides excellent transparency in the visible
and much better surface quality than the soda-lime glass that is
typically offered commercially for microscope slides. BK7,
quartz, and aluminosilicate glass slides are also available and can be
fabricated to custom dimensions.
Grade V-4 Muscovite Mica recommended for Atomic Force Microscopy and Thin Film
Coating Research.
Coatings:
| Ti/Au (Titanium/Gold) |
Au Thickness:
100Å (10nm), 500Å (50nm), 1000Å (100nm) |
| Cr/Au (Chromium/Gold) |
Au Thickness:
100Å (10nm), 500Å (50nm), 1000Å (100nm) |
| Al (Aluminum) |
Al Thickness:
100Å (10nm), 500Å (50nm), 1000Å (100nm) |
| Ti/Au (Titanium/Gold)
w/hardcoat |
Au Thickness:
100Å (10nm), 500Å (50nm), 1000Å (100nm) |
| Cr/Au (Chromium/Gold)
w/hardcoat |
Au Thickness:
100Å (10nm), 500Å (50nm), 1000Å (100nm) |
| Al (Aluminum)
w/hardcoat |
Al Thickness:
100Å (10nm), 500Å (50nm), 1000Å (100nm) |
| ITO (Indium-Tin Oxide) |
14, 30, 100 ohm/sq |
| ITO (Indium-Tin Oxide) w/ Al Bus Bars |
14, 30, 100 ohm/sq |
| Aluminum Bus Bars |
| CHC (Patented DRLI
Hardcoat) |
Other metal
thickness values and ITO sheet resistances are available.
Any
of our other coatings can be applied. Call to inquire.
Features:
Microscope slides are polished, cleaned, and inspected individually.
All films are deposited in a dedicated physical vapor deposition system avoiding contamination that can occur in systems that are shared with commercial coatings.
All films are deposited with an electron gun in high vacuum.
Substrates are prepared in a clean room.
Substrates are pre-cleaned in vacuum using an ion source.
Ion assisted deposition employed for some films to increase density, reduce stress, and improve adhesion.
Titanium adhesion layer available for gold films instead of chromium avoiding diffusion of chromium into the gold.
Optical characterization available using on-site spectrometer.
Physical thickness measured using on-site interferometer.
Optional CHC DRLI Thin Film Hardcoat available for all films. Hardcoat provides abrasion resistance and durability. This can increase the lifetime of metal coatings and reduce replacement costs.
Applications:
Scanning Probe and Atomic Force Microscopy.
Surface Plasmon
Reflectometry.
Raman Spectroscopy.
Microarrays.
Cell Culture.
Aluminum coated slides act as excellent optical references.
Aluminum bus bars can be applied to an ITO coated
slide (shown below). Placing a
potential across the slide will then heat the slide and the sample uniformly.
New Coated Well Slides
Introducing
an improvement on the pattern coated microscope slide. Well slides are
available in:
1"x3"x~1.1mm
soda-lime glass with 2 concave spherical depressions (round wells). Well diameter: ~15mm. Well Depth: 0.5-0.55mm.
or
1"x3"x~1.1mm
water-white glass with 5 concave cylindrical depressions (square wells).
Well diameter: ~0.197". Well Depth: ~0.010".
References:
The following article available
through The Smithsonian/NASA
Astrophysics Data System references the benefits of metal coated microscope
slides in fluorescence microscopy:
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