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Why has PET rather than PC been chosen as the membrane material of ThinCert™ cell culture inserts?

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Why has PET rather than PC been chosen as the membrane material of ThinCert™ cell culture inserts?

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PET is well established as a substrate for cell cultures. PET is highly resistant against most organic solvents. When detached from the insert housing, the PET membrane does not curl. Due to high solvent resistance and anti-curling effects, the membrane of ThinCert™ cell culture inserts is very well suited for subsequent processing (i.e. immunohistochemistry). PET exhibits very low protein adsorption making ThinCert™ cell culture inserts an excellent choice for transport and uptake studies.