Genevac has reported the significant operational benefits of using heat transfer plates in conjunction with a centrifugal evaporator for removal of DMSO or water from microplate samples.
By specifying an evaporator such as the Genevac HT4X or EZ-2 with high-power lamps, the overall drying time for aqueous or DMSO sample solutions can be cut to just one fifth of that required without heat transfer plates.
Consequently, more microplates can be safely dried, leading to higher throughput.
Removing solvents such as DMSO or water from microplates has traditionally been time- consuming because of the poor thermal contact of the microplate with the evaporator sample holder.
Genevac heat transfer plates overcome this problem, acting as a snugly fitting insert beneath the microplate, facilitating efficient thermal energy transfer from the hot outer surface of the sample holder directly to the walls of the microplate.
This results in very rapid evaporation rates without the risk of overheating fast drying samples.
Genevac provides optimised heat transfer plates for most popular brands of microplates.
