Microplate Seals

Supplier: VWR Collection

Transparent silicone mats fit most brands of 96-well PCR plates.

Supplier: VWR Collection

Aluminium foils, 75,7 µm thick, for use with 96 or 384 well plates. Fit inside the rim of raised rim plates. These foils have one partial width end tab. Available non sterile only.

Supplier: VWR Collection

These 106,7 µm thick vinyl films with 20 µm adhesive layer are designed for temporary protection of samples in 96-well plates from contamination and evaporation.

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A 139,7 µm thick hydrophobic porous film with medical grade adhesive for tissue culture plates, bio-blocks, and 96-well plates where gas exchange is necessary for cell or bacterial growth. These rayon films minimise cross-contamination, spillage and evaporation. They allow uniform air and CO₂ exchange for all wells, unlike plate lids which favour exchange for wells near plate edges. Sterile product is packed in tamper evident bags of 25.

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Easily pierceable 94,1 µm thick PE films with acrylic adhesive allow direct sample recovery with singe- or multi-channel pipettes and robotic probes.

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With a polyethylene top layer and inert white polypropylene and acrylic adhesive sublayer, this easy piercing sealing film allows direct sample recovery with single- or multi-channel pipettes and robotic probes.

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Identical to polyester films above, but include a colour dot and white writing area on each end tab for plate identification. End tabs with backing removed adhere to the ends of the plate and are perforated so they can be left in place even if the centre portion of the film is removed. Alternatively, one inscribed colour-coded end tab can be removed and pasted in a laboratory notebook while the other remains on the plate.

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Aluminium foils with biologically inert adhesive. These foils are easily pierced by manual or automated pipette tips, for sample recovery without generation of aerosols or cross-contamination.

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These 77,5 µm thick polyester films provide secure sealing around every well, not just a cover, thus minimising evaporation, preventing spillage and well-to-well contamination, and eliminating 'edge effects' in sensitive ELISA assays. Polyester films can also be used with cell culture plates for short-term storage, incubation, and containment of biohazards.

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Polyester 2×8 strip films are identical to polyester films in material and adhesive, but designed for sealing only one or two 8-well rows at a time on either strip-well plates or standard plates whenever rows must be selectively protected or accessed. Sterile product is packed in tamper-evident bags of 50/bag.

Supplier: VWR Collection

These heat resistant 74,9 µm thick films are designed for thermal cycling applications. Polypropylene films are not pierceable. For PCR applications, where piercing with pipette tips or robotic probes is required for product recovery, use aluminium foil films. For real-time PCR applications, where maximum optical clarity is required, use optically-clear polyester films.

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These soft, non permeable 63,5 µm thick aluminium foils, with strong medical grade adhesive, eliminate the need for heat sealing devices or mats during thermal cycling. Compared to other aluminium foils, these foils have less tendency to roll back on themselves when removing the backing paper, and fit well to the plate during application.

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Transparent polyester films with strong, non absorbing, non fluorescing, medical grade adhesive for superior performance in qPCR applications. Supplied non sterile.

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These films are 240 µm thick black vinyl with adhesive for use with 96-well, 384-well and 1536-well black microplates. They fit within the edges of raised rim plates and may be applied to either the plate top or bottom. The light blocking and absorbing properties of these films make them ideal for reducing stray light and crosstalk in fluorescence applications and for protecting light-sensitive samples in storage.

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These films are 240 µm thick white vinyl with adhesive, for use with white microplates. Light reflective properties of the film, when used to seal clear bottom plates, maximise the sensitivity of bioluminescence and chemiluminescence assays in bottom-reading luminometers. White films have also been used as a backing matrix for microscopy of punch-out samples from filter plates.

Supplier: VWR Collection

50 µm polyolefin films with 50 µm inert encapsulated silicone adhesive. Especially suited for qPCR, storage and protein crystallisation applications. The encapsulated silicone adhesive is non tacky until pressed against the sealing surface, at which time adhesive is released only in sealing areas to form the strongest available heat resistant seal around each well on the plate.