Optimizing Pin-Printed and Hydrosilylated Microarray Spot Density on Porous Silicon Platforms

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• 作者：Dustin T. McCall ; Yi Zhang ; Daniel J. Hook ; Frank V. Bright
• 刊名：Langmuir
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：October 20, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：31
• 期：41
• 页码：11370-11377
• 全文大小：541K
• ISSN：1520-5827

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Microarrays of spatially isolated chemistries on planar surfaces are powerful tools. An important factor in microarray technology is the density of chemically unique spots that can be formed per unit area. In this paper, we use contact pin-printing and evaluate how to decrease contact pin-printed spot diameters on porous silicon (pSi) platforms. Using hydrosilylation chemistry to covalently attach chemistries to the pSi surface, the variables studied included pSi porosity and surface polarity, active agent viscosity, and pin diameter. The spot characteristics were assessed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Spot size decreased as pSi porosity increased in accordance with molecular kinetic theory and Darcy鈥檚 law of imbibition. Increasing active agent viscosity and pin diameter (volume of printed agent) led to larger spot diameters in accordance with molecular kinetic theory and Darcy鈥檚 law. Oxidizing the pSi with H₂O₂ increased the surface polarity but had no detectable impact on the spot size. This is consistent with formation of an oxide layer atop an unoxidized pSi sublayer.