There is a huge potential interest to use synthetic polymers as versatile solid supports for analytical microarraying. Chemical modification of polycarbonate (PC) for covalent immobilization of probes, micro-printing of protein or nucleic acid probes, development of indirect immunoassay, and development of hybridization protocols are described and discussed.
Keywords: Hybridization assay; Immunoassay; Optical detection; Plastic substrates; Polycarbonate; Probe covalent immobilization; Surface functionalization; Synthetic polymers.