Figure 6.

Components and reduction of total pipette capacitance

(A) Scheme of the capacitance components adding up to total pipette capacitance (capacitances of the headstage in blue, pipette holder in yellow, and pipette glass in purple). Means to reduce pipette capacitance are illustrated and provided on the right.

(B) Capacitances for different glass types and treatments, pipette holders, and headstages. Color code as in (A). Glass pipette capacitances are represented as mean ± SEM.

(C) Example quartz glass pipette with KORASILON® silicone grease to reduce pipette capacitance at increasing magnification (from top to bottom). Arrow indicates edge of applied silicone grease.