IBD NanoBiology Facility
 Nonlinear Microscopes | Scanning Probe Microscopes | Time-Resolved Fluorescence | Instruments | Computation

Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (CARS) Microscope

Open for Collaborative Pilot Projects scope

Multiphoton Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscope

Under construction







Asylum MFP-3D closed-loop Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)

MFP AFM
  • Force-extension curves
  • Folding and Unfolding
  • Binding Forces
  • Imaging
  • Morphology
  • Topology
  • Force Mapping
  • In Buffer and In Air
  • Integrated with Widefield Fluorescence and Phase microscope




Veeco Multimode Nanoscope IIIa Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)

Veeco AFM
  • Imaging
  • Morphology
  • Topology
  • Force Mapping
  • In Buffer and In Air








Omicron TwinSNOM Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscope (NSOM)

TwinSNOM
  • Topology
  • Scattering
  • Surface Interactions
  • Combined Upright and Inverted Fluorescence Microscope
  • Photon Counting Detectors
  • PI piezo scanning stage





Time Correlated Single Photon Counting (TCSPC) Becker-Hickl SPC-830

Under construction SPC830
  • Fluorescence Lifetime (FLIM)
  • Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS)
  • Fluorescence Resonace Energy Transfer (FRET)

Picosecond Transient Absorption

Under construction

HORIBA Jobin-Yvon Fluoromax3 Steady-State Spectrofluorometer

Fluoromax3
  • Fluourescence Emission Spectra
  • Fluourescence Excitation Spectra
  • Fluorescence Resonace Energy Transfer (FRET)
  • Ratiometric Fluorescence
  • Raman Spectra
  • Time-Resolved Measurements
  • Plate Reader
  • Temperature Control

Varian Bio-Rad 6000 "Stingray" Step-Scan FTIR Spectrometer

FTIR
  • Infrared Spectra
  • Step scanning allows following time course of individual resonances
  • Mid-IR detector
  • Far-IR detector
  • ATR attachment for powders and films



Xeon Core2 Duo Workstations

Xeon
  • Matlab
  • ImageJ
  • Veeco Nanoscope Analysis Software




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