| abstract |
A matrix, comprising a solid support comprising a surface, the surface comprising a plurality of wells, the wells covered with a gel material that adapts to the shape of the well where it is located, the wells being separated from each other by interstitial regions on the surface, the gel material in each of the wells of the gel material segregating the interstitial regions in other wells of the plurality; and a library of target nucleic acids in the gel material, wherein the gel material in each of the wells comprises a single species of the library's target nucleic acids. |