Klapperich Lab:Pressing Zeonor Slides for DNA Growth

Overview
Press Zeonor pellet into 1mm slide.

Materials

 * Carver Hot Press
 * Mass Scale
 * Zeonor 750 pellets
 * 0.8mm shims

Procedure

 * Mass out 5900 mg Zeonor pellets
 * Spread in uniform circle on Hot Press slide
 * Apply three orange 0.8mm shims in this configuration:
 * [[Image:Pressing_zeonor_slides.JPG |Fig1. Diagram of Shims Layout]]


 * Press at 2000 psi for 5-6minutes

Contact

 * Who has experience with this protocol?