Equipment: TECAN SPARK 10M
Technique: spectrophotometer
Responsible: Carolina Marques /
Description: The TECAN SPARK 10M is a multifunctional microplate reader equipped with a high-speed monochromator (HSM), allowing full absorbance spectrum scan in less than 5 minutes. The equipment accepts 1 – 384 wells plate format and can be used to perform kinetics measurements autonomously. The SPARK is equipped with the SparkControl software for reader control and data reduction.
Specifications:
- Spectral Range: 200 – 1000 nm
- OD range: 0 – 4 OD
- Scan Speed 200-1000 nm: ≤ 5 sec
- Wavelength accuracy: < 0.3 nm
- Wavelength reproducibility: ≤ 0.3 nm
- Wavelength ratio accuracy 260/230: < 0.08
- Wavelength ratio accuracy 260/280: < 0.07
- OD precision @ 260 nm: ≤ 0.2%
- OD accuracy @ 260 nm: ≤ 0.5%
- Limit of detection (DNA): < 1 ng/µl
Link for additional information:
https://www.cenimat.fct.unl.pt/lab-facilities/characterization-lab/micro-plate-reader
https://lifesciences.tecan.com/multimode-plate-reader
https://content.ilabsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Tecan-SPark-10M_V1_1.pdf
