Pico-Surf® (5% (w/w) in Novec™ 7500)
Pico-Surf ® is a patented range of biocompatible surfactants that are used in a variety of microdroplet and picodroplet applications.
Droplet microfluidics
Great product and great service by the supplier. We keep coming back for more.
Review Date: 30 Oct 2023 | Sphere Fluidics Ltd.
Single cell encapsulation
I am using Pico-surf to stablize cell-laden droplets, it works very nice. the droplets are stable, and combining the use of pico-break, it's easy to break the emulsion and get the component out. the product is reliable and easy to use.
Review Date: 4 Oct 2023 | Sphere Fluidics Ltd.
Droplet formation
Droplets generated when using Pico-Surf are monodispersed with sufficient stability for our current applications. Ready to use solution is benefitial as it streamlines our work.
Review Date: 5 Sept 2023 | Sphere Fluidics Ltd.
ddPCR
In general the product is good for droplet generation and ddPCR. However, we encountered issues with thermostability couple years ago due to (we suspect) batch variance from manufacturing. Once I bought 50 ml and realized that did not perform as well as it used to be. Hope this is fixed now.
Review Date: 31 Aug 2023 | Sphere Fluidics Ltd.
Pico-Surf® is a patented range of biocompatible surfactants that are used in a variety of microdroplet and picodroplet applications. They act to stabilize picodroplets and their cellular or molecular contents. Picodroplets are highly stable over a wide range of temperatures and biological conditions, ensuring reliability and reproducibility.
Pico-Surf® is commonly used in research programs focusing on monoclonal antibody discovery, cell line development, synthetic biology, stem cell engineering, isolation and analysis, single cell genome editing (CRISPR-Cas9), single cell disease research, diagnostics, prognostics and more.
Key Features:
- Facilitates generation of aqueous solution-in-oil picodroplets for a variety of biological assays.
- Allows consistent formation and stabilization of picodroplets from 8 pL to 700 pL (diameter).
- Animal Origin Free.
- Manufactured to high quality standards through stringent quality assurance procedures.
- Ready to use.