Custom Chip
Insight Chips manufactures all of our chips and holders in-house, allowing us to develop extensive expertise in both areas.
We also run chip production batches every 2-3 months, which means you can place a custom order to be included in the next production cycle. For example, we have successfully produced Nano Channel Chips with fully customizable internal channel structures, tailored to different types of flow and mixing setups.
If you need assistance with clean room work, holder design, or fabrication, Insight Chips is here to help!
Ladders
Chips made to trap particles in the field of view. The chip utilizes two liquid thicknesses: The larger allows for the particles to enter the channels, and the smaller stops the particles from flowing further, resulting in a pile-up of particles in the 'trap.
We have these available with the following liquid-depths and membrane thicknesses:
- 460 nm liquid, 60 nm traps, 20 nm SiN membranes
- 920 nm liquid, 150 nm traps, 20 nm SiN membranes
In the order, select the number of chips you would like and write out how many of each kind.
Do not hesitate to reach out to us for questions and dicsussions on picking the most suitable chips for your experiments.
The Butterfly Chip
A chip designed to mix liquids using continuous flow.
The chip works by flowing two liquids at once into the chip. Right outside the field of view, a small connection point exists between the two bypasses in the chip, allowing the liquids to mix, primarily via diffusion.
Right after the liquids meet and mix in this small point, they flow into the center-most channel and continue downstream.
The chip is designed so the center most channel should have a close to 50-50 mixing of the two liquids, while channels further from the center channel are of higher concentraion of the liquid they are close to, e.g. 60-40 in the next channel, 70-30 in the next, and so forth.
These Butterfly Chips are available with the following liquid and membrane thicknesses:
- 60 nm liquid, 20 nm SiN membranes
- 150 nm liquid, 20 nm SiN membranes
- 400 nm liquid, 20 nm SiN membranes
In the order, select the number of chips you would like and write out how many of each kind.
Do not hesitate to reach out to us for questions and dicsussions on picking the most suitable chips for your experiments.
All In One
This chip design is a compilation of the best nano channel designs we have developed over the years! We have the "X-mas trees", simple straight channels, "U-channels", and finally: Traps!
These designs each have their own unique use ranging from flow, liquid-exchange, mixing and particle trapping.
The idea is to have a chip which can do 'everything' without having to buy several types of chips.
The trap part of the chips utilizes two liquid thicknesses: The larger allows for the particles to enter the channels, and the smaller stops the particles from flowing further, resulting in a pile-up of particles in the 'trap.
We have these available with the following liquid-depths and membrane thicknesses:
- 290 nm liquid, 50 nm traps, 20 nm SiN membranes
- 460 nm liquid, 60 nm traps, 20 nm SiN membranes
- 920 nm liquid, 150 nm traps, 20 nm SiN membranes
- And we also have more in our old inventory - contact us for discussions on what exactly you need if none of the above.
In the order, select the number of chips you would like and write out how many of each kind.
Do not hesitate to reach out to us for questions and dicsussions on picking the most suitable chips for your experiments.
Ricdent
Chips exclusively made to maximize the number of particles trapped in the field of view. The chip utilizes two liquid thicknesses: The larger allows for the particles to enter the channels, and the smaller stops the particles from flowing further, resulting in a pile-up of particles in the 'trap.
We have these available with the following liquid-depths and membrane thicknesses:
- 290 nm liquid, 50 nm traps, 20 nm SiN membranes
- 460 nm liquid, 60 nm traps, 20 nm SiN membranes
- 920 nm liquid, 150 nm traps, 20 nm SiN membranes
- And we also have more in our old inventory - contact us for discussions on what exactly you need if none of the above.
In the order, select the number of chips you would like and write out how many of each kind.
Do not hesitate to reach out to us for questions and dicsussions on picking the most suitable chips for your experiments.
