Spin coating is used to uniformly coat a flat substrate with a substance, generally oil. The substrate is placed on the spinner with a small drop of substance in the center, and then spun at high RPMs to coat. This is useful for bio team specifically, which spin coats ETFE with fluoropel to create a hydrophobic film used in electrowetting.
How to spin coat something (jankily) for SSI:
Durand has a spin coater that SSI Biology has permission to use. SOP is coming soon!
Useful links: Headway Research spin coater information: http://www.headwayresearch.com/products/quick_start_sequence_programmi.htm http://www.headwayresearch.com/faq.htm
Open drop spin coating procedure: http://www.gaudi.ch/OpenDrop/?p=116