Optical Microscopy

Epifluorescence inverted microscope

Nikon Ti Eclipse epifluorescence inverted microscope

  • High-power “Intensilight” Hg lamp
  • FITC, TRITC, UV-2C filter blocksets
  • High numerical aperture 60x objective (NA = 1.4) and long working distance ELWD objectives 50X/20X
  • Andor Clara camera with single-photon sensitivity
  • Epifluorescence measurements on single molecular layer are possible via a customized langmuir trough.


Optical Microscope

Zeiss Axiotech Microscope

  • Bright-field, Dark-field and dichroic contrasts
  • Peltier-cooled CCD camera (G2-4000, Moravian Instruments) equipped with a filter wheel with bandpass filters for spectroscopic imaging
  • Fast CMOS cameras for tracking are available
  • Software for MULTIPLE PARTICLE TRACKING and DISCRETE FOURIER MICROSCOPY