ISOLATION OF MICRONICHES FROM SOLID-PHASE AND SOLID SUSPENSION IN LIQUID PHASE MICROBIOMES USING LASER INDUCED FORWARD TRANSFER

摘要

A method for printing materials by: providing a receiving substrate; providing a target substrate having a photon-transparent support, a photon absorbent interlayer coated on the support, and a transfer material of a solid-phase microbiome sample coated on top of the interlayer opposite to the support; and directing photon energy through the transparent support so that the photon energy strikes the interlayer. A portion of the interlayer is energized by absorption of the photon energy, and the energized interlayer causes a transfer of a portion of the transfer material across a gap between the target substrate and the receiving substrate and onto the receiving substrate.