Editing Microarray (section)

==== Contact printing ====
Contact printing microarray include Pin printing, microstamping or flow printing. Pin printing is the oldest and still widest adopted methodology in [[DNA]] microarray contact printing. This technique uses pin types like solid pins, split or quill pins to load and deliver the sample solution directly on solid microarray surfaces. Microstamping offers an alternative to the commonly used pin printing and is also referred as soft [[lithography]], which in theory covers different, related pattern transfer technologies using patterned polymer monolithic substrates, the most prominent being microstamping. In contrast to pin printing, microstamping is a more parallel deposition method with less individuality. Certain stamps are loaded with reagents and printed with these reagent solutions identically.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last1=Romanov |first1=Valentin |last2=Davidoff |first2=S. Nikki |last3=Miles |first3=Adam R. |last4=Grainger |first4=David W. |last5=Gale |first5=Bruce K. |last6=Brooks |first6=Benjamin D. |date=2014 |title=A critical comparison of protein microarray fabrication technologies |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3an01577g |journal=The Analyst |volume=139 |issue=6 |pages=1303–1326 |doi=10.1039/c3an01577g |pmid=24479125 |bibcode=2014Ana...139.1303R |issn=0003-2654|url-access=subscription }}</ref>