Structured Glass Products
Structured Glass Products
NEXTERION® Future in your hands
Pre-scored Solutions
The growing complexity of the consumable biochip market is driving demanding applications. As such, there is a need for customized chip sizes made of high-quality glass substrates.
To address this need, SCHOTT offers a unique solution with NEXTERION® PreScora. Using our proprietary laser process, we can manufacture highly customized coated pre-scored substrates for even the most demanding applications.
Advantages:
- very homogenously coated
- available with markings or barcodes at no extra processing time
- available in a high batch quantity
- very smooth edges for assembly
- inexpensive
As longstanding manufacturer of technical glass, SCHOTT is able to maintain thorough control over all processing steps- starting with the initial glass production and ending up with the product delivery. All NEXTERION® products are manufactured according to the most stringent industry standards, guaranteeing that customers receive the highest quality and most reproducible products.
The SCHOTT group produces several hundred different types of glass. The range of glass thicknesses available is very wide, ranging from 30 µm up to 254 mm depending on the glass type.
The typical glass types used for life science products include:
- BOROFLOAT® 33 borosilicate glass
- D263 family borosilicate glass
If another type of material is required for your application please contact us.
NEXTERION® Bonded Substrates
NEXTERION® bonded products are used in applications which requires a structuring inside the substrate or chip. Bonded substrates are especially interesting for microfluidic applications like NGS, molecular diagnostics and life science research. Manufacturing takes place in ISO class 5 environment, all relevant processes are in place for diagnostic company needs. In the following an overview of the available bonding methods including design options.
Advantages:
- available with markings or barcodes at no extra processing time
- coatings available on request
- format flexibility
- laser based process, no masks required
- High-quality borosilicate glass
- BOROFLOAT® 33
- D 263® Family
- Other glass materials upon request
- Polymer adhesive tape
- Coatings upon request
