Fluo-ST3 is a fluorophilic/hydrophobic surface treatment composed of a fluoroalkylsilane dissolved in a perfluorinated polyether solvent. Fluo-ST3 is a clear solution with low viscosity and low interfacial tension. After treatment, a uniform layer is covalently attached to the treated surfaces, making the walls of the microfluidic channels both hydrophobic and fluorophilic. This treatment allows a better generation and stability of droplets in fluorinated oils. Fluo-ST3 is especially adapted for use with Emulseo’s surfactants and oils.

Key Features:

• Material compatibility: including glass, PDMS, COC, PMMA, PC and Flexdym 
  
• Easy-to-use: no plasma pre-treatment or post-treatment heating required
• Droplet performance and stability improvement 
• 8mL volume/bottle
• 12-month shelf life 
• Treated microfluidic chip can be stored at room temperature for one year without loss of performance 

Typical Applications

• Encapsulating cells, proteins, DNAs, and RNAs
• High-throughput screening of conditions for protein crystallization
• Single-cell high-throughput genome sequencing
• Single-cell high-throughput screening
• Single cell analysis of protein
• Quantitative detection of single-cell protein expression
• Barcoding for single-cell transcriptomics in microdroplets
• Single cell enzymatic kinetics