Cell adhesion and growth on coated or modified glass or plastic surfaces
Growth substrates affect the adhesion, growth, morphology and differentiation of various cell types. However, the response to a given surface is cell type specific. Selection of a growth surface for cell culture should be based on cell culture performance and on application. In this technical bulletin, the growth of various cell types on plastic, soda lime glass and borosilicate coverglass was examined with surfaces that were either unmodified, coated with polylysine, or stably surface modified with non-biological reagents or electrical discharge.
Cell Culture Plates
Promote healthy, reproducible cell growth with a wide range of quality cell culture plates
With more than 100 combinations of format and surface, our polystyrene cell culture plates help promote healthy cells and generate reliable results for your research.
Quick links
Popular cell culture plates
Find your cell culture plate by surface
To help ensure optimal results for different types of cell culture and the subsequent cellular analysis, we offer a range of cell culture plates spanning a variety of surfaces, well-bottom shapes and colors. Let us help guide your selection by starting with the cell culture surfaces modified to suit the needs of your specific cell types.
| Nunclon Delta for adherent cells |
Non-treated for suspension cultures or general assays | Nunclon Vita for fastidious cells | Nunclon Sphera for spheroid-organoid culture | Nunclon UpCell for adherent culture plus trypsin-free cell harvesting | Poly-D-Lysine and Collagen I for primary and finicky cells |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| A standard tissue culture (TC) surface modification that makes the polystyrene surface more hydrophilic, thus facilitating maximum adhesion for a broad range of cell types. | High quality, optically clear virgin polystyrene with hydrophobic surface, ideal for suspension cell culture, also useful for a variety of biochemical binding assays. | Unique energy-treated surface that when combined with conditioned media supplemented with a ROCK inhibitor, can support attachment and expansion of human pluripotent stem cells. | Enables formation of reproducible spheroid cultures. Cells grow and aggregate with virtually no cell attachment to the culture vessel. For spheroid culture, organoid culture, and 3D culture. | Enables harvesting of cells in single cell suspension or as contiguous cell sheet by temperature reduction and can create 3D tissue models without foreign-to-the-body scaffold material | ECM-coated surface mimicking the growth environment inside the body, ideal for cells that have difficulties growing on the regular tissue culture surface. Collagen I is of animal origin, whereas PDL is fully synthetic. |
| Read application note | Request sample |
Read application note | |||
| Order | Order | Order | Order | Order | Order |
4-well cell culture plates
| Catalog # | Description | Surface | Color | Lid | Sterile | Pack Size | Product Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 167063 | Nunc 4-Well Plate, Rectangular | Nunclon Delta | Clear | Yes | Yes | Sleeve of 10 | Case of 100 | Order |
| 267061 | Nunc 4-Well Plate, Rectangular | Non-treated | Clear | Yes | Yes | Sleeve of 10 | Case of 100 | Order |
| 176740 | Nunc 4-Well Plate, Round | Nunclon Delta | Clear | Yes | Yes | Sleeve of 4 | Case of 120 | Order |
| 179820 | Nunc 4-Well Plate, Round | Non-treated | Clear | Yes | Yes | Sleeve of 4 | Case of 120 | Order |
6-well cell culture plates
| Catalog # | Description | Surface | Color | Lid | Sterile | Pack Size | Product Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 140675 | Nunc 6-Well Plate, Round | Nunclon Delta | Clear | Yes | Yes | Individually packed | Case of 75 | Order |
| 140685 | Nunc 6-Well Plate, Round | Nunclon Delta | Clear | Yes | Yes | Sleeve of 5 | Case of 85 | Order |
| 150239 | Nunc 6-Well Plate, Round | Non-treated | Clear | Yes | Yes | Individually packed | Case of 75 | Order |
| 174932 | Nunclon Sphera 6-Well Plate, Round | Nunclon Sphera | Clear | Yes | Yes | Individually packed | Case of 7 | Order |
| 174901 | Nunc UpCell 6-Well Plate, Round | UpCell | Clear | Yes | Yes | Individually packed | Case of 6 | Order |
| 152034 | Nunc 6-Well Plate Collagen I | Collagen I | Clear | Yes | Yes | Sleeve of 5 | Case of 20 | Order |
| 152035 | Nunc 6-Well Plate Poly-D-Lysine | Poly-D-Lysine | Clear | Yes | Yes | Sleeve of 5 | Case of 20 | Order |
| 145380 | Nunclon Vita 6-Well Plate | Nunclon Vita | Clear | Yes | Yes | Individually packed | Case of 4 | Order |
8-well cell culture plates
12-well cell culture plates
| Catalog # | Description | Surface | Color | Lid | Sterile | Pack Size | Product Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150628 | Nunc 12-Well Plate, Round | Nunclon Delta | Clear | Yes | Yes | Individually packed | Case of 75 | Order |
| 150200 | Nunc 12-Well Plate, Round | Non-treated | Clear | Yes | Yes | Individually packed | Case of 75 | Order |
| 174931 | Nunclon Sphera 12-Well Plate, Round | Nunclon Sphera | Clear | Yes | Yes | Individually packed | Case of 7 | Order |
| 174900 | Nunc UpCell 12-Well Plate, Round | UpCell | Clear | Yes | Yes | Individually packed | Case of 6 | Order |
| Individually packed |
| Individually packed |
24-well cell culture plates
| Catalog # | Description | Surface | Color | Lid | Sterile | Pack Size | Product Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 142475 | Nunc 24-Well Plate, Round | Nunclon Delta | Clear | Yes | Yes | Individually packed | Case of 75 | Order |
| 142485 | Nunc 24-Well Plate, Round | Nunclon Delta | Clear | Yes | Yes | Sleeve of 5 | Case of 85 | Order |
| 144530 | Nunc 24-Well Plate, Round | Non-treated | Clear | Yes | Yes | Individually packed | Case of 75 | Order |
| 174930 | Nunclon Sphera 24-Well Plate, Round | Nunclon Sphera | Clear | Yes | Yes | Individually packed | Case of 7 | Order |
| 174899 | Nunc UpCell 24-Well Plate, Round | UpCell | Clear | Yes | Yes | Individually packed | Case of 6 | Order |
48-well cell culture plates
| Catalog # | Description | Surface | Color | Lid | Sterile | Pack Size | Product Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150687 | Nunc 48-Well Plate, Round | Nunclon Delta | Clear | Yes | Yes | Individually packed | Case of 75 | Order |
| 152640 | Nunc 48-Well Plate, Round | Nunclon Delta | Clear | Yes | Yes | Sleeve of 5 | Case of 85 | Order |
| 150787 | Nunc 48-Well Plate, Round | Non-treated | Clear | Yes | Yes | Individually packed | Case of 75 | Order |
| 174898 | Nunc UpCell 48-Well Plate, Round | UpCell | Clear | Yes | Yes | Individually packed | Case of 6 | Order |
The Reinvented Nunc Edge 2.0 96-Well Plate
Take your cell-based assays to the edge
We reinvented the 96-well plate so you can reclaim full use of all 96 wells. In order to mitigate damage caused by evaporation, notably among the highly vulnerable perimeter wells, researchers typically leave the outer wells in a standard 96-well plate empty, ultimately sacrificing 37.5% of each plate. With the Thermo Scientific Nunc Edge 2.0 plate this work-around strategy is no longer necessary.
Request free sample (North America only)
View our complete portfolio of 96-well cell culture plates ›
Featured article
Featured video
Are you on the front lines of cancer research?
Related cell culture plates categories
Find the best shape, color and surface treatment in a 96-well plate for your cell-based research.
Improve results of your cell-based assays for high throughput screening (HTS) and high content analysis (HCA).
Screen four times as many samples with a quality 1536-well microplate. Ideal for high throughput workflow.
Maintain the integrity of your plate contents and store your samples confidently with lids, sealing films, tapes, mats and well caps.
Easy to use for cultivation of most cell types; unique Carrier Plates design enables hanging height adjustments of inserts within multiwell plates to accommodate liquid-air-interface culture and variable cell feeding protocols.
Advance your research with high-performing, proven cell culture instruments and equipment, including CO2 incubators, biological safety cabinets, general purpose centrifuges, lab refrigerators and freezers, automated cell counters, and cell imaging systems.
Select the ideal plate for your application
Simply select your criteria from the available options; the guide will return all plates that match your selections.
