The gold is evaporated on the slide with a layer of chromium between the gold and glass slide surface. The gold coating is not atomically flat, but has nm size bumps across the surface. Patterned slides contain three gold dots, each dot 6mm diameter. For additional DNA application information, see our application note on DNA . Mica slide substrate is a semi-transparent cleaved mica.
Slides are autoclavable.
Slide dimensions are 3 x 1 inches, 1mm thick. The NRE amount is dependent upon the request. To ensure fingerprints do not get on the slides, handle with latex gloves. To lightly clean the slides, you may use an optical wipe with the corner dunked in high purity alcohol. Lightly drag this across the surface.