Thermo Scientific™ Opti-Link™ Carboxylate-Modified Particles

Description

Control sensitivity, specificity and stability with various acid content available within Thermo Scientific™ Opti-Link™ Carboxylate-Modified Particles.

Control sensitivity, specificity and stability with various acid content available within Thermo Scientific™ Opti-Link™ Carboxylate-Modified Particles. Particles contain carboxylic acid groups for covalent coupling and can be used directly from the bottle in a variety of applications.

Parking area combines surface area and acid content to give you the surface acid distribution that is useful for assay optimization. The surface area per gram of a particle varies inversely with the particle diameter. Acid content refers to the titrated milliequivalents per gram (mEq/g) and is weight-based.

• For most applications, Opti-Link particles can be used directly from the bottle without any pre-cleaning
• Proprietary anionic surfactant does not interfere with binding of proteins nor cause proteins to desorb from particle surfaces, nor cause proteins to desorb from particle surfaces
• Various surface acid concentrations available to help optimize reagent development efforts
• Opti-Link particles have been used in and are equally successful in molecular biology and research applications

Parking Area Properties

• Low Acid Content—60–100 Parking Area—Hydrophobic surface, more colloidally stable than plain polystyrene
• Medium Acid Content—35–59 Parking Area—Hydrophobic and hydrophilic areas; good colloidal stability and good covalent coupling
• High Acid Content—10–34 Parking Area—Hydrophilic surface; excellent colloidal stability; excellent covalent coupling

Recommended for:

Clinical diagnostics, molecular biology, nephelometric, turbidimetric and slide agglutination assays

Note:

When using Opti-Link particles, ask about our Microparticle Reagent Optimization manual, which outlines our reagent development strategy. This manual includes validated binding, coupling and particle reagent optimization protocols.

Specifications

• Additive: Proprietary anionic surfactant
• Certifications/Compliance: Includes Certificate of Analysis
• Concentration: 10%
• Content And Storage: Unless otherwise stated, refrigerate (2° to 8°C) product when not in use but do not freeze. Store upright and keep bottle tightly sealed. Mix product with gentle inversion by hand or vortex mixer.
• Description: Particles that contain carboxylic acid groups for covalent coupling and that can be used in a variety of applications.
• For Use With (Application): Covalent Coupling
• Material: Polystyrene Sulfate
• Product Type: Specialty Particles
• Includes: Package Insert Sheet containing Certicate of Analysis
• Packaging: 15 mL
• Particle Density: 1.05g/cm³
• Preservative: 0.05% Na Az
• Quantity: 15 mL
• Sample Evaluation Packs: Packaged in 15mL bottles at 10% solids. The evaluation pack consists of three lots from all available PS or CM particles.
• Specialty Packaging: Opti-Link Carboxylate-Modified Polystyrene particles are available in different concentrations and package sizes upon request.
• Surface Acid Loading: High Acid
• Diameter (Metric): 2 μm