Chip for electrophoresis and method for producing same
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroshi Ohki, Yuji Maruo, Yutaka Unuma
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Abstract
A chip (10) for electrophoresis is provided, the chip including a gel (9) composed of a polymer prepared by polymerizing a monomer, and a support (1) configured to support the gel (9). In the chip (10) for electrophoresis, a surface of the support (1) in contact with the gel (9) is covered with a surface treatment compound (4) containing the monomer or a derivative of the monomer.
Claims8
A chip for electrophoresis, comprising:
- a gel composed of a polymer prepared by polymerizing a monomer;
- and a support configured to support the gel,
- wherein a surface of the support in contact with the gel is covered with a surface treatment compound containing the monomer or a derivative of the monomer,
- the gel is an agarose gel, and
- the surface treatment compound contains a monosaccharide.
-4. (canceled)
A method for producing a chip for electrophoresis, the chip including a gel composed of a polymer prepared by polymerizing a monomer, and a support configured to support the gel, the method comprising:
- a covering step of covering at least part of a surface of the support with a surface treatment compound containing the monomer or a derivative of the monomer;
- and
- a gel formation step of forming the gel on a covered region of the surface of the support,
- wherein in the gel formation step, a gel formation solution to form the gel is ejected onto the region with an ink jet nozzle.
-10. (canceled)
The method for producing a chip for electrophoresis according to 8, wherein in the covering step, the surface treatment compound is subjected to graft polymerization on the support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.