Biochips for analyzing nucleic acid molecule dynamics
AssigneesInstitut National Des Sciences Appliquees De Toulouse, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
InventorsThomas Plenat, Laurence Salome, Catherine Tardin, Christophe Thibault, Emmanuelle Trevisiol, Christophe Vieu
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Abstract
The invention relates to biochips 1 comprising a substrate 2, wherein said substrate comprises at the surface thereof isolated regions 3 for the anchoring of a nucleic acid molecule, said isolated regions having an area of less than 1 μm2, and the space 4 between two isolated regions being at least equal to the square root of the value of said area of said isolated regions.
Claims19
A biochip comprising a substrate, said substrate comprising at its surface isolated regions for the anchoring of a nucleic acid molecule, said isolated regions having an area of less than 1 μm2, and the space between two isolated regions being at least equal to the square root of the value of said area of said isolated regions.
A process for fabricating a biochip, comprising the following steps:
- (a) providing a substrate, and
- (b) printing on said substrate isolated regions for the anchoring of a nucleic acid molecule, said isolated regions having an area of less than 1 μm2, and the space between two isolated regions being at least equal to the square root of the value of said area of said isolated regions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.