ScanDrop² Series Maximum Flexibility in Micro-Volume UV/Vis Spectrophotometry

Your Flexible Life Science UV/Vis-Spectrophotomer

The ScanDrop² is a versatile device designed for easy UV/Vis spectrophotometry of micro up to standard sample volume, allowing you to perform fast and consistent measurements. Starting with a fast spectra acquisition performance spanning from 190 up to 1000 nm, ScanDrop² leverages full spectra recording, within 1.6 seconds and a high resolution of ≥ 1.5. Sample spectra recording in larger sample series can be then considerably reduced, allowing a flexible and rapid operation. This high performance is warranted to our unique spectrometer ensemble:

• Polychromator system with a symmetric Czerny-Turner design and without movable components, leveraging a long-lasting, robust against external influences
• Linear CCD detector optimized for the UV/Vis range
• A powerful and long-lasting Xenon flash lamp
• Sample scanning mechanism which allows rapid spectra acquisition for multiple micro-and standard volume sample positions

 

The attractive design and the small device footprint perfectly fits on any laboratory bench. The innovative opening mechanism allows an intuitive position of the cuvettes and in case of the standalone operation a direct view to the operating tablet. Suitable for the determination of protein and nucleic acids concentrations, as well as further Life Science applications, the ScanDrop² allows you to work with very low-volume and highly concentrated solutions, thus saving you large amounts of samples. Analytik Jena provides you with a carefully selection of application modes, adjusting to your needs and requirements to deploy UV/Vis technology in your lab. In addition, the spectrometer design provides uncomplicated access through its adapter changer. Furthermore, the design allows an easy cleaning of any surface.

High precision with the lowest sample contamination

Our disposable CHIPCUVETTE system warranties highest precision for measurements of microvolume samples. The sample position arrangement allows you to select two different pathlengths (1.0 and 0.1 mm) in the same cuvette system and up to 32 sample positions. Disposable CHIPCUVETTE is perfectly suitable for highly sensitive or fast degrading samples, helping you to avoid external contamination.

Flexibility in UV/Vis measurement

Reduce your consumable with the reusable Butterfly Cuvette and take advantage of the 9 sample positions and increase your productivity.

All ScanDrop² cuvette systems, both for high precision and flexible performance, have a robust design. This allows you to avoid any further calibration of the optical path, upon installation and even after several years of operation. This gives you the advantage of performing consistent UV/Vis measurements without worrying about additional maintenance. Small volume UV/Vis spectrophotometry relies heavily on the sample handling. Thus, the correct sample deposition might be challenging. Analytik Jena provides you with an easy solution, through the use of micro-volume adapters both cuvette systems allow you to prepare your sample in a comfortable manner. In addition to the micro-volume systems, ScanDrop² allows you to perform conventional UV/Vis measurements using standard cuvettes. For larger sample series, including calibration samples, the spectrometer system is equipped with an 8-fold adapter for standard cuvettes, which allows you a fast acquisition of a measurement series.The combination of micro-volume and standard cuvette systems provide a wide dynamic range, which allows you to operate fromqq diluted up to strongly concentrated sample solution. For example, in the case of dsDNA, ScanDrop² allows you consistent concentration measurements between a range stretching from 2 up o 7,500 ng/µL. In the case of protein-determination (BSA), the concentration range spans from 0.07 mg/mL up to 148.5 mg/mL. In general, ScanDrop² allows you to work in a virtual dilution range up to 1:100. This is very convenient, since it minimizes the extra work in sample dilution as well as potential sample losses within this process.

 

Easy spectrophotometer operation through the suitable software

 

Spectroscopic data acquisition reaches from easy on-click operation up to configurable method development and scalable sample throughput. Analytik Jena provides two variants adjusting to your space and performance requirements:

• Standalone system with a built-in 10”tablet and including the FlashSoftPro touch for easy and simple operation
• ScanDrop² without tablet and operate through the FlashSoftPro² via an external computer connected to the spectrometer

 

The FlashSoftPro² software is a comprehensive tool specifically design for the ScanDrop² spectrometer. It enables simple concentration measurements up to extended spectra analysis. It warranties rapid device recognition and initialization, as well as easy and fast operation. Besides standard UV/Vis spectra measurements, the software also includes built-in methods for direct determination of DNA, RNA, protein and oligo nucleotides concentration, as well as measurements according to standard assays such as Bradford and Lowry. In addition, it allows you easily monitor cellular growth in your bacterial culture(s). It also provides you the ability to monitor reactions kinetics by using the corresponding built-in method. Finally if required, you can develop your own method for your specific needs. Besides acquisition, ScanDrop² helps you graphically evaluate the recorded spectra and export your data set for further processing. ScanDrop² support various export formats, reaching from conventional graphical plots (as PDF) up to coma-separated values (CSV) or spread-sheet format (xlsx, ods).

 

The FlashSoftPro touch is design as a lean version of the PC software (FlashSoftPro²), focusing into fast and easy spectrophotometer operation, leveraging consistent result in a single-click through each measurement. It is tailored for rapid Life Science applications allowing you to easily probe the sample absorbance and rapidly determine its concentration and supports rapid applications in routine laboratories. For measurement monitoring the software supports simple spectra display. Data transfer is then enabled through the CSV export and can be easily stored on via USB flash drive.