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SpectraMax Mini Multi-Mode Microplate Reader

Item#: SpectraMax Mini

Perform your favorite applications including ELISA, DNA and protein quantitation, cell viability, gene expression with a user-friendly reader

The SpectraMax® Mini Multi-Mode Microplate Reader offers a budget friendly solution that gives you exactly what you need when you need it. With three modes of detection for UV-Vis absorbance, fluorescence and luminescence, the SpectraMax Mini reader is user upgradeable - from 2 to 3 modes, providing researchers with a versatile instrument that does not compromise on sensitivity or performance. Included SoftMax® Pro Software enables rapid data generation and analysis helping you achieve more in less time.

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  • Dimensions (in.) 15.75 (L) x 12.60 (W) x 13.78 (H)
  • Power requirement: External 24V DC power supply compatible with 100–240V AC @50–60 Hz 160W maximum consumption
  • Weight: ≤ 40 lbs (18 kg)
  • Robotic compatible: Yes
  • Absorbance, Fluorescence and Luminescence
    • Plate type(s): 6 – 384 well plates
    • Absorbance photometric range
    • Wavelength range: 200–1000 nm
    • Wavelength selection: 1.0 nm increments
    • Wavelength bandwidth: ≤ 5 nm full width half maximum
    • Wavelength accuracy: ± 2 nm across wavelength range
    • Wavelength precision (repeatability): ± 0.2 nm
    • Photometric range: 0–4.0 OD
    • Photometric resolution: 0.001 OD
    • Photometric accuracy, linearity: < ±0.006 OD ±1.0%, 0–3 OD
    • Stray light: ≤ 0.05% at 230 nm
    • Photometric precision (repeatability): < ±0.003 OD ±1.0%, 0–3 OD
  • Fluorescence intensity performance:
    • Wavelength range: 250–850 nm
    • Dynamic range: > 6 decades
    • Sensitivity (fluorescein): 1 pM
  • Luminescence performance
    • Wavelength range: 300–650 nm
    • Dynamic range: > 7 decades
    • Sensitivity (ATP): 2 pM
    • Cross-talk: <0.1% (white 96-well half-area microplate)
  • General performance
    • Plate formats: 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 384-well plates ANSI/SLAS
    • Light source: Two high-energy xenon flash lamps as the light source
    • Shaking: Linear, orbital, and double orbital
    • Reading capabilities: Microplates, cuvettes (via adapter)
    • Detectors: Ultra-cooled Photomultiplier Tube and Silicon photodiode
    • Temperature control: 4°C above ambient to 45°C
    • Temperature uniformity: ±1°C at 37°C
    • Temperature accuracy: ±2°C at 37°C
    • Spectral scanning: Abs
    • Endpoint reading: Abs, FI, Lum
    • Kinetic reading: Abs, FI, Lum
    • Well scanning: Over 20 by 20
  • Standard Filter Cubes
    • Filter Name: FL-360, FL-565, FL-635, FL-680, FL-810
    • Fluorophore/assay: Tryptophan, Nano orange/Quant IT protein assay, Alexa Fluor 594, Texas Red, Alexa Fluor 647/cy5, Alexa Fluor 750/cy7
    • Excitation: 280/20, 465/35, 590/20, 625/35, 710/50
    • Dichroic: 310, 508, 610, 655, 765
    • Emission: 360/35, 565/30, 635/25, 680/20, 810/40
  • Easy-to-use: Save time on training, data generation, and data analysis, for faster results.
  • Flexible: Perform your favorite applications with a user-friendly reader that accommodates plate types from six to 384-well formats; up to three modes of detection measuring absorbance with NFC-tagged filters for fluorescence, luminescence, or both.
  • Affordable: Gain access to over thirty years of experience and technology in a compact, multi-mode reader that was built for researchers with sensitive budgets.
  • Industry-leading software: Enjoy an extensive library of protocols, advanced reader control, and easy data management and analysis with our best-in-class Softmax Pro Software.
  • Approachable design: Effortless functionality provides users with everything they need to run their most crucial applications quickly and without complications.
  • Expanded wavelength range: Xenon flash lamps allow you to excite samples in the UV range where halogen does not.
  • AutoPMT technology: Our AutoPMT feature allows a wide range of concentrations to be prepared and read on one plate, avoiding saturation (or the loss of signal) and saving you time and money.

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