Chapter 1 Description; Introduction - Molecular Devices SpectraMax M3 User Manual

Description

Introduction

The SpectraMax
of dual-monochromator, multidetection, multi-mode instruments with a
triple-mode cuvette port and 6-well to 384-well microplate reading
capability. Detection modalities are shown in Table 1-1.
Table 1-1 SpectraMax
Modes
Modes
Absorbance
Fluorescence intensity
Fluorescence
polarization
Time-resolved
fluorescence
Luminescence
Note: In this user guide, all references to SpectraMax Multi-Mode
Microplate Readers include the M3, M4, M5, and M5
feature or capability applies to only certain readers, this exception is
noted.
The optical performance is comparable to a top-of-the-line dedicated
spectrophotometer or spectrofluorometer with no trade-off between
instrument performance and the number of read modes.
The built-in cuvette port can be used for absorbance, fluorescence and
luminescence readings. Dual monochromators allow selection of any
absorbance wavelength between 200 nm and 1000 nm, and any
excitation wavelength between 250 nm and 850 nm for readings in
fluorescence intensity, time-resolved fluorescence (M4, M5, M5
only) or wavelength-selectable luminescence modes, and 400-750 nm
for readings in fluorescence polarization mode (M5, M5
Assays requiring a read in two or more modes can be combined and run
on the SpectraMax Multi-Mode Microplate Readers by issuing a single
command in SoftMax
microplate data acquisition and analysis software platform.
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