SpectraMax Mini Microplate Reader
Product Advantages
- Absorbance
- Fluorescence
- Luminescence
Product Details
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.
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.
Features
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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Specifications
Brand: Molecular Devices
Model: SpectraMax Mini Multi-Mode Microplate Reader
| Dimensions (in.) | 15.75 (L) x 12.60 (W) x 13.78 (H) |
| Dimensions (cm) | 40 (L) x 32 (W) x 35 (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
| Dichroic | 405, 508, 555 |
| Filter Name | FL-465, FL-535, FL-595 |
| Fluorophore/assay | Coumarin derivative (AMC), AF350, Fluorescein/FITC, Alamar blue |
| Excitation | 360/35, 485/20, 535/25 |
| Emission | 465/35, 535/25, 595/35 |
Optional 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 |