Asylum Research is introducing an enhanced Petri dish holder and heater accessory for its MFP-3D atomic force microscopes (AFMs).
The Petri dish heater is designed for studies of living and fixed cells and other biological studies where heating in either an open or sealed environment at physiologically relevant temperatures is desired.
Most commercial Petri dishes are accommodated (both plastic and glass bottom) with diameters ranging from 30mm to 60mm and a selection of Petri dishes is included with the kit.
The dish is magnetically clamped down for fast sample exchange.
Microscope slides can also be accommodated.
Heating from ambient to 45C is supported with accuracy and stability, and temperature data can be logged and saved with each acquired AFM image.
The optimised mechanical design maintains the temperature variation in the liquid to less than 0.1C over a 1cm diameter at the centre of the dish.
The full diameter of the Petri dish is held to within 0.5C.
This product complements Asylum's suite of environmental control products for the MFP-3D AFM platform, which also includes the Bioheater with heating up to 80C, and the closed fluid cell with 10 inlet and outlet ports for exchange of liquid or gas media while imaging.
