IR scanning

Using near IR dyes can considerably reduce background noise in protein microarrays such as nitrocellulose or PVDF.

Increased sensitivity of protein microarrays thanks to Infrared fluorescence detection: with its two sources of excitation in the near infrared spectrum (670 nm and 785nm), autofluorescence can be reduced in nitrocellulose or PVDF slides. This leads to increased sensitivity by considerably increasing the signal/background noise ratio.

Real-time autofocus is optimized for nitrocellulose or PVDF substrates: The Innoscan 710-IR scanner uses a real-time autofocus system giving a perfect homogeneity across the entire reading surface. A special configuration allows users to adapt the autofocus system to nitrocellulose or PVDF formats.

Speed of 10 to 35 lines per second means an entire slide is read in 4 minutes (10 µ)