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Construction Methods for Hybrid Polycarbonate-Silicon Microfluidic Devices
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This protocol describes three straightforward sealing methods for fabricating a hybrid microfluidic device that integrates polycarbonate and silicon components. By implementing solvent bonding, thermal compression, and mechanical compression strategies, we enable reliable, low-temperature sealing techniques that avoid specialized equipment for hybrid microfluidic devices.
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Polydimethylsiloxane-polycarbonate Microfluidic Devices for Cell Migration Studies Under Perpendicular Chemical and Oxygen Gradients
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The control of chemical and oxygen gradients is essential for cell cultures. This paper reports a polydimethylsiloxane-polycarbonate (PDMS-PC) microfluidic device capable of reliably generating combinations of chemical and oxygen gradients for cell migration studies, which can be practically utilized in biological labs without sophisticated instrumentation.
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Polycarbonate Ultracentrifuge Tube Re-Use in Proteomic Analyses of Extracellular Vesicles
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2024
A detailed protocol is provided for cleaning and re-using polycarbonate ultracentrifuge tubes to perform extracellular vesicle isolation suitable for proteomics experiments.
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The Method of Rodent Whole Embryo Culture using the Rotator-type Bottle Culture System
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2010
Whole embryo culture technique allows us to culture mouse and rat embryos ex vivo condition during limited periods corresponding to midgestation stages. In this video protocol, we demonstrate our standard procedures of rat whole embryo culture after E12.5 using the rotator-type bottle culture system.
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Murine Drinking Models in the Development of Pharmacotherapies for Alcoholism: Drinking in the Dark and Two-bottle Choice
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2019
Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is a major national health problem and the development of more effective treatments is required to offset the needs of this patient population. To this end, the following protocol utilizes two simple rodent drinking models to assess the preclinical efficacy of lead anti-alcohol compounds.
FAQs
The carbonate linkages create a rigid molecular network, which helps the bottle resist impact while preserving transparency. That combination is useful when laboratory staff need to inspect stored contents and handle containers repeatedly. Its performance is therefore tied to both structural toughness and optical clarity, rather than to impact resistance alone.
Heat, chemical exposure, and repeated sterilization can gradually affect the material and reduce its suitability for some sensitive experiments. These stresses may change whether a bottle remains appropriate for a particular solution or workflow. Considering exposure conditions before reuse helps researchers avoid compromising sample handling and supports more consistent experimental results.
Polycarbonate bottles provide impact resistance that can reduce breakage compared with glass while still allowing users to see the contents. This makes them useful in reusable laboratory workflows where containers are handled repeatedly. The choice is not universal, however, because heat, chemicals, and sterilization history still determine whether the material suits the experiment.
Compatibility with the stored solution, operating temperature, and sterilization method helps preserve both the container and the sample-handling workflow. A mismatch can gradually affect the material or make the bottle unsuitable for sensitive experiments. Matching these conditions supports sample integrity and improves reproducibility by reducing avoidable variation during storage and reuse.
Selection should begin with the intended contents, temperature conditions, and sterilization method. Researchers should also consider whether transparency, impact resistance, and repeated reuse support the planned workflow. Reviewing these factors together helps identify a bottle that can safely support storage of solutions, media, or samples without overlooking stresses that may affect material suitability.
Cleaning and sterilization should be treated as part of the bottle’s complete reuse history, not as separate decisions made after storage. Researchers need to choose methods compatible with the material and recognize that repeated cycles can gradually affect suitability. This approach supports organized handling while helping protect sample integrity across repeated laboratory use.
In biology laboratories, these bottles can support storage of solutions, media, and samples within organized, reusable workflows. Their transparency helps with visual handling, while impact resistance can reduce breakage compared with glass. They are most valuable when researchers align the bottle with the contents and processing conditions required for reliable sample management.