| 摘要 |
A thermal engine for a thermocycler, the thermal engine comprising a first heating and cooling element, a sample holder receiver in thermal contact with the first heating and cooling element, and a second heating and cooling element situated adjacent the sample holder receiver and removed therefrom so as to allow, in use, the placement of a sample holder between, and in thermal contact with, the first and second heating and cooling elements. Also provided is a low volume sample holder for use in a thermocycler, the sample holder having a plurality of wells for holding samples, wherein the number of wells is a multiple of 96 and the spacing between the centres of neighbouring wells is approximately 4.5 mm or 2.25 mm, the wells being arranged in a substantially rectangular pattern of a multiple of 12 wells in length and a multiple of 8 wells in width. |
