BRAND® HydroGrade™ Microplates (tradename BRANDplates®) are an ideal choice for modern research methods in all the important fields of life science requiring high-quality disposables.  BRAND® has developed state-of-the-art production facilities in Germany to apply their decades of experience in premium quality molding of lab plastic consumables, from pipette tips to volumetric plasticware to cuvettes, to the challenges of microplate design. Plates are designed to minimize cross-contamination, ensure excellent recovery, and offer many options in color, well-count, surface-treatment, and well-shape.  

Applications

Brand's HydroGrade™ microplates have a very hydrophilic surface, making it ideal for: 

• Immobilization of highly polar molecules,
• Homogenous assays of hydrophobic analytes.  

Features

• Polystyrene microplate surfaces are modified to create a hydrophilic, stable surface for storage at room temperature, ideal for the immobilization of hydrophilic molecules, 
• Well bottoms are provided in four shapes: 

• Round (U-bottom)—Round bottom plates have no edges and are suitable for stirring and washing of samples. This bottom shape is used for agglutination and other assays requiring these tasks.
• Flat (F-bottom)—Flat bottom wells in microplates are designed for precise optical measurements. Useful for many applications, including cell culture of adherent cell types.
• Conical (V-bottom)—Conical bottom wells in microplatesare maximized for sample recovery after centrifugation, precipitation assays, and storage applications.
• Curved (C-bottom)—The curved bottom is a flat bottom with curved edges. By combining the advantages of round and flat bottom wells, better sample mixing in the microplate is obtained with precise optical measurements for immunological assays.
• Manufactured with a “chimney well” design, with each individual well separated from each other to reduce cross contamination risk.
• Lids with condensation rings are available for substantial reduction in evaporative losses.

Specifications

• Material:  Polystyrene, non-sterile,
• Manufactured according to ANSI-/SLAS-Standards 1 to 4, 2004, free from endotoxins, DNase, DNA, and RNase,
• Solid color plates or colored with transparent bottoms depending on the optical requirements of the application: 
• black for fluorescence,
• transparent for colorimetry,
• white for luminescence,
• Packaged as 100 pcs.

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