Microfluidics firm Dolomite will be launching the Meros TCU-100 at this year’s Lab-on-a-Chip & Microarray World Congress in San Diego, US, from 18 - 19 September.
The first module in the new Meros range of plug-and-play microfluidic products, the compact TCU-100 offers advanced temperature control from 1 to 100°C for microfluidic chips, microscope slides and other third party devices.
Measuring 11cm wide, the chemically resistant, robust and reliable TCU-100 combines ease of use and affordability for a wide range of biological and chemical applications, including cell analysis, thermal control of microreactors, incubation of microdroplets, protein crystallisation, nanoparticle synthesis and thermocycling of micro-scale samples.
Using specialist electronics and temperature measurement techniques, it enables temperature control - including cooling, heating and thermocycling - with an accuracy of 0.5°C, stability and target temperature resolution of 0.1°C, and rapid ramp rates up to 1°C/s.
Operation, data logging and graphical data display are achieved through Dolomite’s Flow Control Centre software, or third-party software such as LabVIEW.
Four optional sample clips are supplied with the module, providing the flexibility to quickly and securely accommodate a wide range of Dolomite and third party chips, microscope slides and other devices to the heating/cooling plate.
