EUROPLEX® Medical COC Film
Product Summary
EUROPLEX® Cyclic Olefin Copolymer (COC) films are high-performance films engineered for specialized medical, diagnostic, and microfluidic applications. Combining exceptional optical performance, chemical resistance, moisture barrier properties, and high purity, EUROPLEX COC films provide a reliable solution for applications where material performance and consistency are critical.
EUROPLEX COC films offer very low autofluorescence, excellent light transmission, and low birefringence, making select grades particularly well suited for optical analysis and diagnostic applications. Their high purity and compatibility with biological samples further support their use in lab-on-a-chip (LoC), microfluidic, and other medical applications.
Available EUROPLEX COC film grades include 0F304, 0F305, 0F308, and 0F309, offering a range of properties to meet specific application and processing requirements.
Applications
Medical
EUROPLEX® COC Film Grades
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Product Benefits
Challenges and Solutions
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Background fluorescence from the film can interfere with fluorescence-based detection and reduce the accuracy of diagnostic testing.
Select EUROPLEX COC grades provide very low autofluorescence and high light transmission, making them well suited for applications relying on precise optical detection.
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Materials used in diagnostic and microfluidic devices must minimize unwanted interactions with sensitive biological samples.
EUROPLEX COC films offer exceptional purity and select grades are nonreactive with biological samples, supporting demanding medical and diagnostic applications.
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Moisture transmission can negatively affect sensitive samples, reagents, and components within diagnostic devices.
EUROPLEX COC films provide excellent barrier properties to help limit moisture transmission and protect sensitive applications.
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Films used in PCR-based diagnostic devices must withstand the elevated temperatures associated with thermal cycling.
EUROPLEX 0F305 and 0F309 provide high temperature resistance for compatibility with PCR applications.
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Certain diagnostic devices and manufacturing processes require greater flexibility than conventional rigid COC materials can provide.
EUROPLEX 0F308 provides very high flexibility while maintaining good optical performance, high purity, and excellent barrier properties.
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Device manufacturing may require a film that can be efficiently sealed while maintaining the performance characteristics required by the application.
EUROPLEX 0F309 combines high purity and optical performance with easy heat-sealing capabilities to support efficient device manufacturing.
Frequently Asked Questions
EUROPLEX COC is a family of high-performance cyclic olefin copolymer films designed for specialized applications requiring a combination of excellent optical properties, high purity, chemical resistance, and moisture barrier performance.
COC offers a valuable combination of optical clarity, low autofluorescence, low birefringence, high purity, and excellent moisture barrier properties. These characteristics make it particularly useful for medical diagnostic and microfluidic applications.
EUROPLEX COC film is available from PolymerFilms in 0F304, 0F305, 0F308, and 0F309 grades. Each grade provides a different combination of optical, thermal, barrier, flexibility, and processing characteristics.
EUROPLEX 0F305 and 0F309 offer high temperature resistance for compatibility with PCR applications.
EUROPLEX 0F308 offers very high flexibility along with excellent barrier properties, high purity, and good optical properties.
EUROPLEX 0F309 is designed to offer easy heat-sealing capabilities in addition to high visible light transmission, very low autofluorescence, and high temperature resistance.
Low autofluorescence helps minimize background interference when fluorescence-based detection methods are used. This can be particularly important in microfluidic and diagnostic applications where accurate optical analysis is required.
Yes. The combination of optical performance, high purity, chemical resistance, and barrier properties makes EUROPLEX COC films particularly well suited for lab-on-a-chip and microfluidic diagnostic applications.
EUROPLEX® COC Film from PolymerFilms
PolymerFilms supplies EUROPLEX COC films for demanding medical, diagnostic, and microfluidic applications. Our film specialists can help identify the appropriate grade based on your optical, thermal, chemical, barrier, and processing requirements. With film converting capabilities across North America, PolymerFilms can also provide material in the dimensions and formats required for your application. Contact PolymerFilms to discuss your EUROPLEX COC film requirements or request a sample.
