Materials
Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
Silicon wafer 100 mm diameter, P/BOR <100> | Si-MAT, Silicon Materials, Germany | ||
Photoresist SU-8 2000.5 | Micro Resist Technology GmbH, Germany | ||
Photoresist SU-8 2010 | Micro Resist Technology GmbH, Germany | ||
SU-8 Developer mr DEV- 600 | Micro Resist Technology GmbH, Germany | ||
Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) Sylgard 184 Silicone Elastomer Kit | Dow Corning; Farnell GmbH, Germany | ||
Dispensing needles Precision Tips 27 G; ID = 0.2 mm, OD = 0.42 mm | Nordson EFD Deutschland, Germany | ||
Glass plates D263 T eco, 30 mm x 25 mm x 0.17 mm | Schott AG, Germany | ||
Hole puncher AKA 5130-B-90 | Harris Uni-Core | ||
Tubing Tygon S-54-HL, ID = 0.25 mm, OD = 0.76 mm | Saint Gobain; VWR International GmbH, Germany | ||
Disposable Syringes – Omnifix Spritzen BRAUN Omnifix 40 Duo, 1 ml | B. Braun Melsungen AG, Germany | 552-183143 | |
Syringes, 1 ml sterile glass syringes | INNOVATIVE LABOR SYSTEME GMBH (ILS), Germany | ||
Chemicals | |||
(NH4)2SO4 | Carl Roth GmbH + Co. KG, Germany | ||
Urea | Carl Roth GmbH + Co. KG, Germany | ||
KH2PO4 | Carl Roth GmbH + Co. KG, Germany | ||
K2HPO4 | Carl Roth GmbH + Co. KG, Germany | ||
MgSO4•7H2O | Carl Roth GmbH + Co. KG, Germany | ||
MOPS | Carl Roth GmbH + Co. KG, Germany | ||
FeSO4•7H2O | Carl Roth GmbH + Co. KG, Germany | ||
MnSO4•H2O | Carl Roth GmbH + Co. KG, Germany | ||
ZnSO4•7H2O | Carl Roth GmbH + Co. KG, Germany | ||
CuSO4 | Carl Roth GmbH + Co. KG, Germany | ||
NiCl2•6H2O | Carl Roth GmbH + Co. KG, Germany | ||
CaCl2 | Carl Roth GmbH + Co. KG, Germany | ||
Biotin | Carl Roth GmbH + Co. KG, Germany | ||
Procatechuic acid | Carl Roth GmbH + Co. KG, Germany | ||
Glucose-Monohydrate | Carl Roth GmbH + Co. KG, Germany | ||
BHI | Becton, Dickinson | ||
Cells | |||
Corynebacterium glutamicum ATTC 13032 | DSMZ; Leibniz-Institut DSMZ - Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Germany | ||
Escherichia coli MG 1655 | DSMZ; Leibniz-Institut DSMZ - Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Germany | ||
Equipment | |||
Wafer Cleaner SSEC 3300 | Solid State Equipment LLC | ||
Spin Coater SPIN150 -NPP | SPS Europe B.V. | ||
Mask Aligner MA-6 | Karl Suess | ||
Hot Plate HP30A - 2 | Torrey Pines Scientific | ||
Laboratory oven Memmert UN 200 | Memmert | ||
Plasma Cleaner FEMTO | Diener Electronics, Germany | ||
neMESYS syringe pumps | Cetoni GmbH, Germany | ||
Magnetic stirrer CB 162 | Stuart | VWR 442-0304 | |
Microscope Nikon Eclipse Ti | Nikon Microscopy | ||
Microscope incubuator | Pecon GmbH, Germany | ||
Centrifuge minispin plus “black line” | Eppendorf | 9776501 | |
Photometer BioPhotometer plus | Eppendorf | 6132000008 | |
Shake flask shaker/incubator 3031 | GFL - Gesellschaft für Labortechnik mbH, Germany | ||
Profilometer, Dektak 150 Stylus Profiler | Veeco |
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