公开(公告)号：US06723569B1

公开(公告)日：2004-04-20

申请号：US09831132

申请日：2001-08-13

申请人： David Frank Moore ,  William Ireland Milne ,  Martin Clement Davies ,  Stuart Antony Elmes

发明人： David Frank Moore ,  William Ireland Milne ,  Martin Clement Davies ,  Stuart Antony Elmes

IPC分类号： G01N110

CPC分类号： B01L3/0255 ,  G01N2035/1034 ,  G01N2035/1037 ,  Y10T436/2575

摘要： A dropping tool for transferring drops of a liquid onto a substrate wherein a surface of the dropping tool for contact with the liquid has a first region which exhibits an affinity to the liquid to be transferred directly surrounded by a second region which exhibits a lower affinity to the liquid to be transferred than the first region; the topography of the first and second regions and the relative affinities of the first and second regions for the liquid to be transferred being selected such that when the dropping tool is dipped into and then removed from a source of the liquid to be transferred, the liquid adheres to the first region without substantially any adherence of the liquid to the second region. A dropping tool for transferring drops of liquid onto a substrate, the dropping tool comprising a tip, at least one surface tapered towards the tip, and a capillary channel which leads from a position of the tapered surface remote from the tip to a reservoir located within the dropping tool. A method for transferring drops of liquid carried on a dropping tool onto a substrate to form an ordered array of drops thereon wherein the drop of liquid is transferred without contacting the dropping tool with the substrate either directly or indirectly via the drop of liquid.

摘要翻译： 一种用于将液体滴转移到基底上的滴液工具，其中用于与液体接触的滴液工具的表​​面具有第一区域，该第一区域对被转移的液体具有亲和性，该第一区域直接由对第 待转移的液体比第一区域; 选择第一和第二区域的形状以及用于待转移的液体的第一和第二区域的相对亲和力，使得当将滴液工具浸入并且然后从待转移的液体的源中移除时，液体 粘附到第一区域而基本上没有液体粘附到第二区域。 一种用于将液滴滴落到基底上的滴液工具，该滴液工具包括一个尖端，至少一个朝尖端渐缩的表面，以及一个毛细通道，该锥形通道从锥形表面的远离尖端的位置引导到位于 滴滴工具。 一种用于将滴加工具上携带的液体液滴转移到基底上以在其上形成有序的液滴阵列的方法，其中一滴液体被转移，而不会直接或间接地通过滴液接触滴液工具与基底。