Fluorescence Lifetimes down to 45 ps, in a bench-top time-resolved fluorometer
Though it is small and affordable the EasyLife™ TCSPC is a serious performer
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| Due to its fast electronics and fast detector response time the EasyLifeT TCSPC is a preferable choice for lifetimes below 100 ps. Data shown using optional picosecond laser diode. |
Now you can finally afford a Time Correlated Single Photon Counting (TCSPC) fluorescence lifetime system for your lab, that is so simple to operate that literally anyone in your lab can actually use it!
From the makers of the EasyLife™ V, the first truly affordable bench-top fluorescence lifetime system, OBB Corporation is proud to introduce the EasyLife™ TCSPC. The EasyLife™ TCSPC has many of the same benefits of the EasyLife™ V except that it uses TCSPC detection instead of the patented stroboscopic detection found in the EasyLife™ V. Because the EasyLife™ TCSPC uses photon counting detection it is a truly digital system that provides greater dynamic range and the ability to measure lifetimes below 100 ps. With the EasyLife™ TCSPC you can measure fluorescence lifetimes down to 45 ps.
Before the introduction of the EasyLife™ TCSPC your only choice to measure fluorescence lifetimes using TCSPC electronics was to buy a large expensive research instrument or to custom build your own TCSPC system. Some of these other systems provide outstanding performance. They can be a good choice for the investigator who has very demanding samples, the money to buy such a system and the sophisticated experience to be able to use and maintain such a system. However the vast majority of people doing fluorescence research are working with samples that have concentrations, wavelengths and lifetime ranges that do not require these larger expensive systems. And not everyone is a spectroscopist with the experience necessary to use and maintain these systems. The EasyLife™ TCSPC meets the vast majority of experimental requirements and is so easy anyone in your lab can use it.
Do you really Need TCSPC detection?
If you need to measure a fluorescence lifetime between 45 ps and 100 ps or if you have samples that are slightly weaker emitters than the equivalent of 400 pM fluorescein, then you need the EasyLife™ TCSPC. If however your samples are above these detection limits, then you may not really benefit from TCSPC detection. If you aren't sure that you need TCSPC detection, please check out the EasyLife™ V. It does everything else the EasyLife™ TCSPC does for about half the price, and It even has two unique acquisition protocols that TCSPC cannot provide.
Will the EasyLife™ TCSPC do the job for you?
Simply answer the following questions.
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Do you work at concentrations around the equivalent of 140 fM rhodamine 6G* or higher? yes |
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Are your lifetimes in the range from 45 picoseconds * to 3 microseconds? yes |
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Do your samples excite and emit fluorescence from 265 to 820 nm? yes |
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Do you need FRET calculators? yes |
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Do you need comprehensive decay analysis? yes |
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Do you have limited bench space? yes |
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Would you like to buy an instrument that anyone in your lab can use? yes |
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Do you really want TCSPC detection? yes |
If you answered yes to all of these, then the EasyLife™ TCSPC is the fluorescence lifetime system for you.
* To measure lifetimes below 100 ps, or for enhanced detection limits below 100pm fluorescein, you need to select an optional picosecond laser diode.
Are you thinking about adding TCSPC fluorescence lifetime components to your existing fluorometer?
Don't waste your money on an expensive TCSPC addition to your aging fluorometer. The EasyLife™ TCSPC offers all of the benefits listed above in a new, stand alone, 1 cubic foot instrument. Plus you will have the benefit that both your steady state fluorometer and your time resolved EasyLife™ system can be used at the same time, dramatically increasing your labs productivity.
Are you skeptical that a 1 cubic foot TCSPC instrument can do so much?
We understand. That is why we have compiled data collected on the EasyLife™ TCSPC. Please review it for samples similar to your own to see how the system could work for you.
Still not sure the EasyLife™ TCSPC will work for your experiments?
| After learning this much about the EasyLife™ TCSPC many people stop reading and just ordered their own system. But if you are still not 100% sure that the system will work for you and your samples, we understand. That is why OBB Corporation is willing to provide all North American customers with a fourteen day evaluation in your lab with your own complete EasyLife™ TCSPC, working on your own samples. Given the very low price of the system, we simply cannot afford to demonstrate the system for you. But if you place an order with us, you have a fourteen day period from when it is shipped during which time you can determine for yourself if the EasyLife™ TCSPC is for you. The system is so simple to use, you will be measuring fluorescence lifetimes minutes after you open the box. Within the 14 day evaluation period if you are not happy with the system for any reason, or no reason at all, you can return it to us at no charge. It's that simple. This offer may not be available in all countries. |
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So what are you waiting for?
Give us a call or request a quote to start on your path to an EasyLife™ for fluorescence lifetime experiments.
Incidentally if you have more demanding fluorescence lifetime requirements and are interested in a research fluorescence lifetime system, then we strongly recommend that you take a good look at the selection of modular, time-resolved systems available from our sister company, Photon Technology International.
For more information on the EasyLife™ TCSPC visit the EasyLife™ TCSPC Lifetime Technique page. |
