Microarrays and their manufacture

An array comprising a plurality of cells in a known location on the array, each cell containing a molecule of interest immobilized in or on at least a portion of a fiber, wherein different cells contain different fibers or portions of a fiber which contains a different molecule of interest immobilized therein or thereon, and wherein each molecule of interest is located in a known cell.

A microarray comprising a solid phase support and at least about 500 cells per square centimeter wherein each cell contains a molecule of interest which is not chemically bound to the solid phase support.

A microarray comprising a solid phase support and at least about 500 cells per square centimeter wherein each cell contains a molecule of interest which is a macromolecule, a microorganism, a plant or animal cell, an organelle or a fraction of a biological cell.

A microarray comprising a solid phase support and at least about 500 cells per square centimeter wherein each cell contains a molecule of interest which was synthesized prior to contacting the solid phase support.

A microarray comprising a solid phase support and at least about 500 different cells per square centimeter wherein each cell is formed by a solid material adhered to said solid phase support wherein each solid material contains a molecule of interest.

A multiwell plate containing at least about 500 wells per square centimeter.

A thin elongated fiber impregnated with a solid phase wherein the solid phase is bound to a molecule of interest.

An solid phase construct containing an immobilized molecule of interest comprising an embedding medium, a porous or hollow solid phase and a molecule of interest,

• wherein the molecule of interest is immobilized on inside surfaces of the porous or hollow solid phase,
• wherein the porous or hollow solid phase is embedded in the embedding medium, and
• wherein the inside surfaces are exposed to the surface of the construct by cleaving such that individual porous or hollow solid phases are cleaved in plural sections.

A microarray containing a plurality of different cells wherein each cell contains a solid phase support, a porous particle containing a molecule of interest immobilized on an inside surface of a porous particle and a medium for attaching said particle to said solid phase support in a particular cell.

An elongated fiber having a molecule of interest immobilized thereon or therein such that a detectable number of a single molecule of interest are present in each millimeter of fiber length.