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  • IDEX Health & Science Fluidics Idea Book

    by IDEX Health & Science

    IDEX Health & Science seeks to reduce the design burden, as we offer a large number of fluidic components suitable for the Life Science markets, and we assist OEM developers in the integration and optimization of these components during their instrument development process.
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  • Historic CVI Melles Griot Tech Guide

    by IDEX Health & Science

    The historic tech guide was used across colleges and universities for years and we’ve heard the calls from professors and students alike to make it downloadable again. We hope you find this information helpful and educational and look forward to collaborating with you in the future.
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    CVI Melles Griot Technical Guide
  • Film Degasser Brochure (English)

    by IDEX Health & Science

    Our Film Degasser uses patented, cutting-edge technology that gives you powerful performance control with increased solvent compatibility. Utilizing a high-efficiency membrane and unique flow channel design, it provides the lowest fluidic resistance in the industry.
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  • Film Degasser Brochure (Japanese)

    by IDEX Health & Science

    フィルムデガッサーは特許技術の高効率膜と流路設計で 高い脱気効率と耐薬品性、業界最小レベルの低圧力損失を実現しました。
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  • Film Degasser Brochure (Chinese)

    by IDEX Health & Science

    我们的平面薄膜脱气机使用尖端的技术,可为您提供强大的性能控 制并增加了溶剂的兼容性。 利用高效膜和新颖的流道设计,它提供了 非常低的流体阻力。
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  • Degassing Brochure

    by IDEX Health & Science

    IDEX Health & Science degassers improve fluidic instrument precision and reliability by removing dissolved gases from fluids before they outgas and form problem-causing bubbles.
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  • Custom Microscope Objectives Brochure

    by IDEX Health & Science

    Explore custom microscope objectives with IDEX Health & Science. We are happy to work with you to provide a cost-competitive custom microscope objective solution that is ideally suited to your specific application. We guarantee superior imaging performance and repeatability in volume production.
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  • COVID-19 Solutions Brochure

    by IDEX Health & Science
  • IH&S Corporate Brochure

    by IDEX Health & Science
  • Choosing Dichroic Beamsplitters with Flatness/RWE Appropriate to the Microscopy Method

    by IDEX Health & Science

    Wavefront distortion can degrade image quality by reducing contrast or compromising resolution. In several microscopy applications, reducing wavefront distortion is critical to achieving the microscopy method. Specifying and selecting optical filters that minimize wavefront aberration is important to maximize or enable optical system performance. This article elucidates how to select optical filters for high performance microscopy, and provides guidance on choosing Semrock catalog filters for wavefront distortion performance required for applications.
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    Choosing Dichroic
  • Multiband Filter Set Terminology

    by IDEX Health & Science

    There are three types of multiband filter sets for simultaneous multi-color imaging -- the "full-multiband", the "Pinkel", and the "Sedat".
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    Multiband Diagrams
  • Fittings Primer

    by IDEX Health & Science

    A guide to fittings selection to determine most compatible fitting for your application. Learn about stainless steel vs peek materials, threads, unions, and more.
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    Fittings Primer: IDEX Health & Science
  • Understanding Polarization

    by IDEX Health & Science

    In this article our aim is to answer some basic questions about the polarization of light, including: what polarization is and how it is described, how it is controlled by optical components, and when it matters in optical systems.
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  • Super-Resolution Microscopy

    by IDEX Health & Science

    Super-resolution microscopy allows for the visualization of cellular samples with a resolution similar to that of an electron microscope, yet it retains the advantages of an optical fluorescence microscope. Discover key recent developments in super-resolution microscopy in this white paper.
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  • Spectral Modeling in Fluorescence Microscopy

    by IDEX Health & Science

    Given the critical role optical filters play in fluorescence microscopy, it is important to understand how such filters transmit both the desired fluorescence signal as well as the undesired background light. Learn more about spectral modeling in fluorescence microscopy in this white paper.
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  • Spectral Imaging with VersaChrome

    by IDEX Health & Science

    This article outlines a novel approach to spectral imaging based on recently introduced tunable thin-film optical filters.
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  • Semrock VersaChrome Tunable Bandpass Filters

    by IDEX Health & Science

    VersaChrome has now made possible thin-film bandpass and edge filters that are tunable over a wide range of wavelengths by adjusting the angle of incidence with essentially no change in spectral performance. As a result, many optical systems can now benefit from tunable filters with the spectral and two-dimensional imaging performance characteristics of thin-film filters and the center wavelength tuning speed and flexibility of a diffraction grating.
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  • Pixel Shift in Fluorescence Microscopy

    by IDEX Health & Science

    Multicolor imaging in fluorescence microscopy is typically performed by sequentially acquiring images of different colors. An overlay of these images is used to study the relative spatial distribution of various types of cellular components. However, in order to ensure that such a composite image is a true representation of the biological phenomena under investigation, it is important to understand imaging artifacts such as “pixel shift” error in multicolor fluorescence imaging.
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  • Multimodal NLO Imaging

    by IDEX Health & Science

    In this article, we discuss the emergence of NLO imaging and how it has been facilitated by advances in three key technology areas: ultrafast lasers; high-performance, hard-coated optical filters; and high-sensitivity detectors. Fluorophores commonly used in combination with NLO fluorescence imaging will also be discussed.
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  • Flatness of Dichroic Beamsplitters Affects Focus and Image Quality

    by IDEX Health & Science

    Even though fluorescence microscopy has become a routine technique for many applications, demanding requirements from technological advances continue to push the limits. Lack of sufficient flatness on a dichroic is not only a problem for imaging quality, but it can also reduce the quality of the illumination light beam when the dichroic is used to reflect the illumination light toward the sample.
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