If you are interested in using the Tecan Safire 2 Multi-Mode Plate Reader or if you wish to consult us for your research, please contact:
Dr. Radim Osička
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Phone: +420 241 062 770
Tecan Safire 2 Plate Reader Specifications:
| Plate formats | 6 to 1536 well plates |
| Temperature control | Ambient + 4 °C to 42 °C |
| Shaking | linear, orbital, 3 velocities |
| Fluorescence Intensity | |
| Wavelength selection | Monochromator |
| Wavelength range | Excitation: 230 – 850 nm, emission: 280 – 850 nm |
| Bandwidth | Adjustable from 2.5 nm – 10 nm below 280 nm, 5 nm – 20 nm else |
| Wavelength accuracy | ± 1 nm |
| Wavelength precision | ± 1 nm |
| Sensitivity – top reading | |
| – 384 well plate | 0.2 fmol / well Fluorescein |
| Sensitivity – bottom reading | |
| – 384 well plate | 0.6 fmol / well Fluorescein |
| Time Resolved Fluorescence | |
| Sensitivity* – 384 well plate | 60 amol / well Europium |
| Precision – 384 well plate | 3 mP standard deviation @ 1nM Fluorescein |
| Absorbance | |
| Wavelength range | 230 – 1000 nm |
| Bandwidth | 2.5 nm below 280nm, 5 nm else |
| Wavelength accuracy | ± 1 nm |
| Wavelength precision | ± 1 nm |
| Measurement range | 0 – 4OD |
| Accuracy @ 492 nm | 0 – 2OD: ± 1% and 0.006OD |
| Precision @ 492 nm | 0 – 2OD: ± 0.5% and 0.005OD |
| Fluorescence Absorbance FP | |
| 384 well plate | 25 sec 25 sec 45 sec |
| 1536 well plate | 37 sec 27 sec 108 sec |
| Interface connections | RS 232 serial & parallel port |
| Software Driven | YES |
| Power | 115-120V / 220-240V 50/60Hz |
| Dimensions | 22" x 21" x 11" |
| Weight | 88 lb |