Platform for immobilization and observation of subcellular processes
US8815780B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 9, 2012 |
| Grant date | Aug 26, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 9, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2015/1006
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of immobilizing matter for imaging that includes providing an array of nanofibers and directing matter to the array of the nanofibers. The matter is immobilized when contacting at least three nanofibers of the array of nanofibers simultaneously. Adjacent nanofibers in the array of nanofibers may be separated by a pitch as great as 100 microns. The immobilized matter on the array of nanofibers may then be imaged. In some examples, the matter may be cell matter, such as protoplasts.
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