IDEX Health & Science (IH&S) has launched the new Semrock ® line of Nanopede™ Optical Filters specifically designed for flow cytometry applications.
Flow cytometry interrogates cells through scattered light measurements and fluorescent markers. In spectral flow cytometry, the fluorescence is collected across the entire spectrum using discrete, back-to-back (spectrally adjacent) optical filters. Then the photons are binned such that spectral unmixing can resolve which fluorescent markers are present in the interrogated cell. As such, spectral flow cytometry requires filters covering the UV, visible, and NIR in discrete steps, which may lead to a desire to balance instrument cost and optical filter performance.
IDEX Health and Science understands these needs, and are proud to announce our latest Semrock-branded optical filter family, which covers the visible spectrum in 20 nm Full-Width, Half-Max (FWHM) steps. The first ten filters in the Nanopede family have been designed with your application in mind and are just the beginning of Semrock's evolving flow cytometry product line to match the rapidly developing flow cytometry market.
