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Hydrophilie von COC-Mikrofluidikgeräten
Potomac can fabricate fully functional microfluidic devices in many materials such as Cyclo-Olefin Copolymer (COC). Often our customers ask us to treat the material to make if more hydrophilic. COC is a relatively hydrophobic material that can be difficult to wet with water or aqueous solutions. However, there are several methods that can be used…
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Potomac beschleunigt die Herstellung von Schattenmasken
Every day, disruptive technologies allow humans to enter a new world that brings innovations to life. Whether battling climate change by reducing the amount of fossil fuel burning, helping autonomous vehicles navigate roads, guiding man to Mars, or cleaning up toxic waste, technology innovations are the key to solving our world’s problem’s – today and…
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Potomac bedankt sich für die Möglichkeit, durch Fortschritte bei mikrofluidischen Geräten zur Verbesserung der medizinischen Versorgung beizutragen
Living in a time when there is so much chaos, division, and animosity, it is sometimes hard to remember how much we have to be thankful for this Thanksgiving Day. Today, new technologies are disrupting healthcare, space exploration, and climate change at an exponential pace, bringing with them a brighter future for our people and…
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Potomac Photonics entwickelt und fertigt ein innovatives zahnmedizinisches Gerät, das den COVID-Protokollen entspricht.
Potomac scientists and engineers innately see a problem and, especially in this time of Covid, can’t help but jump in to innovate a solution. Just that happened when Potomac senior research scientist, Natalia Christensen, visited her dentist for an annual check-up. Explains Jessica Salmon, a 12-year dental hygienist veteran at Gentle Family Dentistry in Dunkirk,…
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Potomac feiert den MfgDay mit der Erkundung von Karrieremöglichkeiten in der modernen Fertigung
Each October manufacturers, led by the National Association of Manufacturers, focus on the career opportunities that manufacturing brings to a wide range of industries. This year Manufacturing Day is October 2 and while plant tours and other in-person activities are not feasible, we can learn more about jobs at companies like Potomac Photonics. This Isn’t…
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Mikrofluidisches Gerät zur Bekämpfung der Krise der antimikrobiellen Resistenz (AMR) im Gesundheitswesen.
March 2020, Astek Diagnostics LLC, won the Maryland Innovation Initiative (MII) Award to develop a microfluidic device to detect bacterial infections in blood and evaluate the antimicrobial susceptibility. Astek, in partnership with Potomac Photonics Inc., will be designing a state-of-the art microfluidic lab-on-chip sensor for rapid detection of microorganisms in bodily fluids (like, blood, urine,…
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Schwarze Leben Zählen: Von der Rhetorik zum Handeln für US-Unternehmen
We are seeing so many emails and blog posts from companies that say: “We Stand With Black Lives Matter Protesters”. But when all is said and done, how does a company move beyond rhetoric to action? Saying you support the Black Lives Matter movement is a far cry from hiring and training black people locally…
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Potomac erweitert die mikrofluidischen Präzisionssteuerungsmöglichkeiten mit hochmodernen Flow EZ Pumpen.
Quality assurance is at the heart of everything we manufacture at Potomac. It is our attention to product and process control that ensures every microfluidic device, consumer product, medical device and electronic component meets our customers’ rigid standards. Manufacturing Microfluidic technology in particular requires strong quality processes. In order to fabricate high performing microfluidic devices…
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Schutz der Menschen in Zeiten des Coronavirus in Lichtgeschwindigkeit
The modern world is an interconnected ecosystem and this heartwarming story that started with a cat named Ace shows how fast responses changes lives for our customers. Ace Heidi Leonard is a research chemist at NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in Gaithersburg, MD. She lives in Baltimore with her one and half…
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Potomac Photonics an vorderster Front bei der Herstellung von persönlicher Schutzausrüstung gegen das Coronavirus
Necessity is truly the mother of invention and the war against the coronavirus has created a worldwide wave of innovation to fight the pandemic. No need is greater than the protection of healthcare workers, front line support, emergency teams, firefighters, police, and caregivers. With Personal Protective Equipment [PPE] in short supply, Potomac jumped into the front…
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Mikrofluidik in Tröpfchenform - ein großer Erfolg
With the need to rapidly develop and commercialize new products including biopharmaceuticals, medical diagnostic kits and recombinant proteins and organisms, companies need the ability to rapidly perform chemical and biochemical experiments. In particular, the ability to scale up to tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even millions of experiments is a requirement in todays…
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Potomac Photonics Prozess Notizbuch: Mikro-Säulen
When it comes to microfluidics, packing purpose into every micron is a true design challenge. The design of individual features starts with defining their purpose in the overall function of the device. Today we are spotlighting one of these common features: micro pillars. Micropillar arrays serve a multitude of purpose in the function of microfluidics.…
