Illumina Cambridge Limited

Sphere Fluidics Limited

Colin Pilkington

Andrew Antony Brown

Wayne N George

Alexandre Richez

Xin Li

Xavier Von Hatten

Clive Adrian Smith

Gianluca Andrea Artioli

Alexandra Clay

Jem Pitcairn

A hydrogel includes a dendritic core with 2 to 30 arms, and first and second acrylamide monomers incorporated into each arm. The first acrylamide monomer is: (I), wherein Rand Rare independently selected from an alkyl, an alkylamino, an alkylamido, an alkylthio, an aryl, a glycol, and optionally substituted variants thereof; and the second acrylamide monomer is: (II), wherein Rand Rare independently hydrogen or an alkyl; L is a linker including a linear chain of 2 to 20 atoms selected from carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen and optional substituents on the carbon and any nitrogen atoms; A is an N substituted amide: (III), where Ris hydrogen or an alkyl; E is a linear chain of 1 to 4 atom(s) selected from carbon, oxygen and nitrogen, and optional substituents on the carbon and any nitrogen atoms; and Z is an optional nitrogen containing heterocycle.

Hydrogel

A surfactant of formula (I):A-(L)-(C)-(L)-X  (I) wherein A is a perfluoropolyether; Lis CONR', wherein R' is selected from H and Calkyl; a is 0 or 1; b is 0 or an integer between 1 and 10; Lis a linking group; c is 0 or 1; and X is a charged group.

Surfactant

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