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Thermo Scientific™ Opti-Link™ Carboxylate-Modified Particles
Control sensitivity, specificity and stability with various acid content available within Thermo Scientific™ Opti-Link™ Carboxylate-Modified Particles.
Brand: Thermo Scientific™ 73003420100250
Description
Control sensitivity, specificity and stability with various acid content available within Thermo Scientific™ Opti-Link™ Carboxylate-Modified Particles. Particles contain carboxylic acid groups for covalent coupling and can be used directly from the bottle in a variety of applications.
Parking area combines surface area and acid content to give you the surface acid distribution that is useful for assay optimization. The surface area per gram of a particle varies inversely with the particle diameter. Acid content refers to the titrated milliequivalents per gram (mEq/g) and is weight-based.- For most applications, Opti-Link particles can be used directly from the bottle without any pre-cleaning
- Proprietary anionic surfactant does not interfere with binding of proteins nor cause proteins to desorb from particle surfaces, nor cause proteins to desorb from particle surfaces
- Various surface acid concentrations available to help optimize reagent development efforts
- Opti-Link particles have been used in and are equally successful in molecular biology and research applications
Parking Area Properties
- Low Acid Content—60–100 Parking Area—Hydrophobic surface, more colloidally stable than plain polystyrene
- Medium Acid Content—35–59 Parking Area—Hydrophobic and hydrophilic areas; good colloidal stability and good covalent coupling
- High Acid Content—10–34 Parking Area—Hydrophilic surface; excellent colloidal stability; excellent covalent coupling
Recommended for:
Clinical diagnostics, molecular biology, nephelometric, turbidimetric and slide agglutination assays
Note:
When using Opti-Link particles, ask about our Microparticle Reagent Optimization manual, which outlines our reagent development strategy. This manual includes validated binding, coupling and particle reagent optimization protocols.
Specifications
Proprietary anionic surfactant | |
10% | |
Particles that contain carboxylic acid groups for covalent coupling and that can be used in a variety of applications. | |
Polystyrene Sulfate | |
Package Insert Sheet containing Certicate of Analysis | |
1.05g/cm³ | |
15 mL | |
Opti-Link Carboxylate-Modified Polystyrene particles are available in different concentrations and package sizes upon request. | |
3 μm |
Includes Certificate of Analysis | |
Unless otherwise stated, refrigerate (2° to 8°C) product when not in use but do not freeze. Store upright and keep bottle tightly sealed. Mix product with gentle inversion by hand or vortex mixer. | |
Covalent Coupling | |
Specialty Particles | |
15 mL | |
0.05% Na Az | |
Packaged in 15mL bottles at 10% solids. The evaluation pack consists of three lots from all available PS or CM particles. | |
High Acid |