Replica moulding of microstructures for supporting microscopic biological material
AssigneeSwinburne University of Technology
InventorsDaniel Day, Min Gu
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Abstract
A method of replica moulding microstructures, the method including forming a negative master of at least one microstructure configured to support microscopic biological material, casting a flowable polymeric material onto the negative master, placing a substrate against the flowable polymeric material and the negative master, allowing the flowable polymeric material to solidify in the negative master and on the substrate, and separating the substrate and the solidified polymeric material from the negative master, thereby leaving a positive replica of the at least one microstructure on the substrate.
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A method of replica moulding microstructures, the method including forming a negative master of at least one microstructure configured to support microscopic biological material, casting a flowable polymeric material onto the negative master, placing a substrate against the flowable polymeric material and the negative master, allowing the flowable polymeric material to solidify in the negative master and on the substrate, and separating the substrate and the solidified polymeric material from the negative master, thereby leaving a positive replica of the at least one microstructure on the substrate.
A method according to any preceding claim, wherein the substrate is a cover slip or a microscope slide.
A device for supporting microscopic biological material made by a method according to any preceding claim.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.