“…The static treatment involves the pre-coating of chip surface, during fabrication of PCR chip or immediately before use, with one of the following substances: SiO 2 (10,14,20,21,25), bovine serum albumin (BSA) (11,17,25,37,53,61,73), polyethylene glycol (PEG) (65,78,82) or silanizing agents (for example 3-glycidoxypropyl trimethoxysilane (11), dichlorodimethylsilane (23,69), Sigmacoat Õ (16,29) or trimethylchlorosilane (33). The SiO 2 pre-coating is a reproducible and inexpensive standard MEMS process and can be accomplished in a batch fashion.…”