A Tip for Better Pipetting

P2i surface enhancements for pipette tips reduce retention and open up other functional capabilities: P2i has developed a coating technology that will radically increase the effectiveness and flexibility of pipetting. Using its proprietary cold plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) process, P2i can apply nano-thin coatings to pipette tips; this dramatically enhances their performance, virtually eliminating liquid retention. P2i-enhanced pipette tips produce more accurate and reliable results and can reduce reagent costs by up to 10%. The ultra-low adhesion, pin-hole free coating has a surface energy 3x lower than Teflon (PTFE) and has no leachable components. P2i's cold plasma process can be used to create a variety of other surface modifications which could increase the flexibility of pipetting. Moreover, there is also the potential to give the inner and outer surfaces of pipette tips different surface coatings, further expanding the possibilities.