Topspot: A New Method for the Fabrication of Biochips

Abstract
We present a new method for generating microarrays of liquid droplets. This is of basic importance for the fabrication of so called biochips. To generate a microarray we use a print-module containing 24 nozzles. Each nozzle is connected to one of 24 different reservoirs on the same print-module. By applying a high acceleration to the print-module it can be achieved that all of the 24 nozzles eject a small droplet at the same time. This effect is due to the inertia of the liquid inside the print-module. This new method makes the production of low and medium density biochips much faster and significantly cheaper.