Sample Compartment Accessories for

One-cuvette Sample Compartment

The one position sample compartment is standard on this ISS Product. The turret holds one 10 mm x 10 mm cuvette, however, adapters can be provided for alternative sized cuvettes. The compartment is inclusive of computer controlled stirrers whose speed can be controlled by the potentiometer dial on the front plate. The front plate also houses connector ports for a temperature bath and nitrogen intake.

Two-cuvette Sample Compartment

The fully automated, computer-controlled two cuvette sample compartment with the liquid cooling option is the standard sample compartment on this ISS product. The turret holds two 10 mm x 10 mm cuvettes. Adapters can be provided for differently sized cuvettes. Like the one position sample compartment, the two-cuvette sample compartment includes computer-controlled stirrers and their speed is controlled by the potentiometer dial on the front plate. The front plate also contains connector ports for a temperature bath and nitrogen gas intake.

Two-cuvette Sample Compartment

The fully automated, computer-controlled two cuvette sample compartment with the liquid cooling option is also offered for this ISS product. The turret holds two 10 mm x 10 mm cuvettes. Adapters can be provided for differently sized cuvettes. Like the one position sample compartment, the two-cuvette sample compartment includes computer-controlled stirrers and their speed is controlled by the potentiometer dial on the front plate. The front plate also contains connector ports for a temperature bath and nitrogen gas intake.

Three-cuvette Sample Compartment

Unique to ISS is the three-position, computer-controlled sample compartment with a flow through system for temperature control. The compartment's primary use is for automated time-resolved measurements in the presence of background fluorescence: the first compartment contains the sample cuvette, the second compartment contains the reference cuvette and the third compartment is reserved for the cuvette that is used to estimate the fluorescence background.

Four-cuvette, Peltier-controlled, Sample Compartment

The four-cuvette, Peltier-controlled, sample compartment provides temperature and magnetic stirring to all four cuvettes simultaneously (same temperature and same speed rate) and has a dry gas purge system. The temperature range is from -30°C to +105°C (0.02°C). It holds a standard 10 mm x 10 mm cuvette, and the optical center is 8.5 mm above the bottom of the cuvette, which also allows the use of microcuvettes.

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Absorption Measurements Accessory

The ISS absorption accessory allows the user to determine the wavelength dependent optical density of a sample. Like other spectrophotometers on the market, it follows the Lambert-Beer law for non-scattering, non-aggregated, optically homogeneous samples. Highly scattering aggregates or fluorescent samples require additional corrections.

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The HPCell™ High Pressure Cell System

The ISS High Pressure Cell System is utilized for fluorescence, absorption and Raman spectroscopy and can reach pressures up to 4000 bars (58,000 psi) when using sapphire windows and up to 3000 bars (43,500 psi) when using quartz windows. The system includes the pressure cell, the pump and the software for system control and data acquisition. The HPCell system can be interfaced directly with the ISS Spectrofluorometers or utilized as a stand-alone unit with other commercial fluorometers.

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Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF) Flow Cell

TIRF spectroscopy is a very powerful and versatile technique for studying surface and interfacial behavior of biological molecules and their aggregates. The ISS TIRF flow cell provides in situ, real-time, nondestructive, and highly sensitive detection for studies on low quantities of expensive biological materials (~10 nL, minimum).

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Variable-angle, Front Surface Sample Compartment

In the study of membranes or solid samples, the major problem is holding the sample at an angle with respect to the excitation and emission channels to optimize both the incident and the fluorescent intensities. Choosing less than the optimum angle increases the amount of scattered light in the detector, which sometimes overwhelms the fluorescent signal. Alternatively, when scattering is to be detected than fluorescence may be a significant interference at a non-optimal angle.

The Variable-Angle accessory is designed to help in such cases. An up to 2 mm thick (in pathlength) cuvette holder can be installed. A film or a solid sample can be sandwiched between two glass slides of appropriate dimensions and be inserted in the cuvette holder. By rotating the handle, the sample can be positioned at the desired angle.

Vacuum Chamber

The ISS Vacuum Chamber accessory can be utilized for studying photo-luminescence (PL) and electro-luminescent (EL) phenomena of samples at a pressure as low as 1 mTorr. Five electrical wires are available inside the chamber to apply a certain voltage to the sample. The chamber features three quartz windows and includes a precise positioning sample holder. The device can also be utilized for studying semiconductors wafers.

Microwell Plate Reader Accessory

The computer-controlled ISS Microwell Plate Reader accessory accommodates up to four 4 96-well plates. The excitation is brought to and the fluorescence is collected from the sample by a bifurcated fiber optic cable scanning the well surface.