This invention discloses a porous surface-passivated sample
cell for optical
microscopic observation of liquid-
liquid phase separation morphology, its preparation method, and its application. The sample
cell includes a glass substrate, multiple independent sample
cell units disposed on the surface of the glass substrate, and an
adhesive layer for fixing the sample cell units. Each sample cell unit is a ring-shaped structure with through holes, forming multiple independent sample receiving cavities together with the glass substrate. The glass substrate has a surface
passivation layer at least in the sample contact area corresponding to the bottom of each sample receiving cavity. The surface
passivation layer is a
polyethylene glycol-based
passivation layer. This invention can significantly reduce the non-
specific adsorption of proteins, nucleic acids, and their complex droplets to the bottom surface of the glass, reducing droplet spreading, tearing, and morphological
distortion, and more realistically characterizing the intrinsic morphology of liquid-
liquid phase separation droplets. It also enables parallel
microscopic observation of multiple sample conditions on the same glass substrate, and has the advantages of simple structure, low sample consumption, convenient preparation, and good compatibility with
microscopic imaging. This sample cell has completed third-party testing and
verification before April 16, 2026.