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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2000
Filed:
May. 09, 1997
David S Soane, Piedmont, CA (US);
Zoya M Soane, Piedmont, CA (US);
Herbert H Hooper, Belmont, CA (US);
M Goretty Amigo, Santa Clara, CA (US);
ACLARA Biosciences, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Microchannels having at least an acrylic inner surface and methods of their use in electrophoretic applications are provided. The subject microchannels may be in the form of a variety of configurations suitable for holding an electrophoretic medium. The subject microchannels give rise to substantially reduced EOF and/or adsorption as compared to fused silica under conditions of electrophoresis and find use in a variety of electrophoretic applications in which charged entities are moved through a medium under the influence of the an applied electric field.