BMG LABTECH
FLUOstar / POLARstar / LUMIstar OPTIMA Operating Manual
2007-11-19 0413B0001I
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1 Technical Specifications
Measurement principles:
FLUOstar
OPTIMA:
- Fluorescence intensity
-
Time-resolved
fluorescence
-
Luminescence
(opt.)
-
Absorbance
(opt.)
- Upgradeable to POLARstar OPTIMA
POLARstar
OPTIMA:
-
Fluorescence
polarization
- Simultaneous dual emission fluorescence
- Fluorescence intensity
-
Time-resolved
fluorescence
-
Luminescence
(opt.)
- Simultaneous dual emission luminescence (opt.)
-
Absorbance
(opt.)
LUMIstar
OPTIMA:
-
Luminescence
- Simultaneous dual emission luminescence (opt.)
- Upgradeable to FLUOstar / POLAstar OPTIMA
Light source:
FLUOstar OPTIMA & POLARstar OPTIMA: - High-energy xenon flash-lamp
Detector:
Side window, current type photomultiplier tube
Filters:
FLUOstar OPTIMA & POLARstar OPTIMA: - 2 filter wheels: with 8 excitation
and 8 emission filter positions
LUMIstar OPTIMA: - Emission filter wheel with 8 filter positions
Gain control:
Software
selectable
gain
Automatic gain adjustment
Plate Carrier:
Auto lock microplate carrier.
All microplate formats up to 1536-well in all detection modes.
Microplates should fulfil the SBS specification and non-SBS formats should fit:
(lxwxh) (mm) max: 128x86x20; min: length 124.
Reagent injectors:
Up to two built-in reagent injectors
Individual injection volumes for each well
Injection volumes definable down to 3
µ
l
Up to 4 independent injection actions per well
Variable injection speed (100
µ
l/s to 420
µ
l/s)
Shaking:
Linear, orbital and figure eight shaking
Programmable shake time and diameter
Incubation:
Incubation range from a8°C to 45°C, in 0.1°C steps
Extended incubation up to 60°C (optional)
Temperature monitoring (without incubation)
Temperature
stability
0.2°C
Shortest reading time:
Fluorescence intensity: - 15 s for 96-wells
- 30 s for 384-wells
- 57 s for 1536-wells
Luminescence:
- 20 s for 96-wells
- 55 s for 384-wells
Fluorescence intensity:
Limit of detection 0.9 fmol / well fluorescein
Spectral range (ex. and em.): 240 ... 740 nm
Dynamic range 8 decades
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