Influence of the relative humidity on the morphology of inkjet printed spots of IgG on a non-porous substrate.
During the drying of inkjet printed droplets, the solute particles (IgG-Alexa-635 molecules) in the drop may distribute unevenly on the substrate, resulting in a “coffee-stain” spot morphology. In our study, we investigated the influence of the relative humidity on the distribution of inkjet printed fluorophore labeled IgG molecules on a polystyrene substrate. A theoretical model for an evaporating droplet was developed in order to predict the changes in the spot diameter, height and volume of a drying droplet. An experiment was performed where a sessile droplet was monitored using a CCD camera installed on a goniometer and good agreement was found between the experimental results and simulation data. We also compared the predicted morphology for an inkjet-printed microarray spot with the experimental results where IgG molecules were printed for various relative humidities. The spot morphology of the dried spots was analyzed by a confocal laser microscopy. At a lower relative humidity (i.e.,
Main Authors: | Mujawar, L.H., Kuerten, J.G.M., Siregar, D.P., van Amerongen, A., Norde, W. |
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Format: | Article/Letter to editor biblioteca |
Language: | English |
Subjects: | adsorption, contact-angle, dna microarrays, drops, evaporation, experimental-verification, fabrication, performance, protein microarrays, surfaces, |
Online Access: | https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/influence-of-the-relative-humidity-on-the-morphology-of-inkjet-pr |
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