by Malcolm Slaney | May 4, 2026 | Plasma Cleaning
Why Microplates Are Built for Reuse Microplates sit at the center of modern lab workflows. They are everywhere: screening, assays, storage, analysis, and yet they’re still treated as single-use consumables. That assumption is starting to break. Not because labs... by Malcolm Slaney | Apr 20, 2026 | Plasma Cleaning, Sustainability
Circular Labs Are Resilient Labs Circularity in the lab is usually framed as a sustainability initiative. Reduce waste. Lower emissions. Do the right thing. All true. But it misses the bigger point. Circularity is not just about sustainability. It is about control. In... by Malcolm Slaney | Apr 6, 2026 | Plasma Cleaning
What Actually Happens to Contaminants During Plasma Cleaning On plastic labware, residues aren’t just sitting inertly on the surface. Proteins adsorb and partially unfold. DNA can entangle and bind. Lipids spread into thin, persistent films. On top of that,... by Malcolm Slaney | Feb 19, 2026 | Plasma Cleaning
How Hydroxyl Radicals Do the Heavy Lifting When people hear “plasma cleaning,” it can sound abstract. In reality, the work is done by very real chemistry, especially by hydroxyl radicals (•OH). In IonField’s atmospheric plasma process, generated from room air, several... by Malcolm Slaney | Jan 20, 2026 | Plasma Cleaning
Why Plastic Labware Reuse is a Physics Problem For some, the cleaning of microplates and pipette tips has been approached as a chemistry or biology challenge. If residues from proteins, cells, buffers, or reagents persist, the instinct is to reach for stronger... by Malcolm Slaney | Jan 5, 2026 | Plasma Cleaning
Understanding Consumable-Free Plasma Cleaning What Plasma Really Is Plasma is often described as the fourth state of matter, a partially ionized gas containing reactive species that can break down organic contaminants at the molecular level. To generate plasma, energy... 
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