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20110084218 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PARTICLE ANALYSIS USING THERMOPHORESIS - The present invention pertains to a device and method to measure thermo-optical, preferably thermophoretic, characteristics of particles in a solution. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing a sample probe comprising marked particles in a solution; (b) providing a temperature control system for creating a temperature gradient within said sample probe by contact heating, electrical heating and/or cooling; (c) detecting the marked particles at a first time; (d) creating a temperature gradient within the sample probe by means of the temperature control system; (e) detecting the marked particles in the sample probe at a, preferably predetermined, second time and/or at a predetermined location within the temperature gradient, and (f) characterizing the particles based on said two detections. | 04-14-2011 |
20130089921 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING PROPERTIES OF CHEMICAL AND/OR BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS - The present invention relates to a device for investigating, measuring and/or detecting properties of chemical and/or biological fluids as well as to a device for performing these procedures and a system comprising a holder for holding at least one of said devices. A device for detecting properties of chemical and/or biological fluids may comprise a tubular structure with a cavity for accommodating the fluid, the tubular structure comprising a magnetizable and/or magnetic material, wherein the tubular structure comprises a segment that is transparent to light of wavelength 200 nm to 2000 nm. | 04-11-2013 |
20150316480 | THERMOPHORESIS MEASUREMENTS IN NANOLITERDROPLETS - The present invention relates generally to a system and a method for thermo-optical measurements in a droplet of aqueous solution comprising particles of interest, the method comprising the following steps: providing the droplet of aqueous solution with a volume of less than 200 nl, wherein the aqueous solution is a first liquid and at least a part of the particles of interest are fluorescent particles; embedding the droplet of aqueous solution at least partly in a second liquid; irradiating a laser light beam into the droplet to obtain a spatial temperature distribution in the droplet around the irradiated laser light beam; exciting fluorescently said fluorescent particles and detecting fluorescence at least at one position or at around one position in the droplet or detecting the fluorescence distribution of said fluorescently excited particles, wherein said detection of fluorescence is performed at least once at a predetermined time after the start of the laser irradiation; and determining a characteristic of the particles of interest from the detected fluorescence intensity or fluorescence intensity distribution. | 11-05-2015 |
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20100044586 | FAST THERMO-OPTICAL PARTICLE CHARACTERISATION - The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for a fast thermo-optical characterisation of particles. In particular, the present invention relates to a method and a device to measure the stability of (bio)molecules, the interaction of molecules, in particular biomolecules, with, e.g. further (bio)molecules, particularly modified (bio)molecules, particles, beads, and/or the determination of the length/size (e.g. hydrodynamic radius) of individual (bio)molecules, particles, beads and/or the determination of length/size (e.g. hydrodynamic radius). | 02-25-2010 |
20100330578 | THERMO-OPTICAL CHARACTERISATION OF NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES - The present invention pertains to a method and a device for the determination of thermo-optical properties, particularly the size or size distribution, of fluorescently labeled biomolecules or biomolecule complexes, particularly nucleic acids, in a reaction solution. The method comprises the steps of: (i) providing a reaction solution with fluorescently labeled biomolecules or biomolecule complexes; (ii) irradiating a laser light beam into the solution to obtain a spatial temperature distribution in the solution around the irradiated laser light beam; (iii) exciting fluorescently said fluorescently labeled biomolecules and detecting the fluorescence at two or more defined regions representing different mean temperatures in said spatial temperature distribution, wherein said detection of fluorescence is performed at least once at a predetermined time after the start of the laser irradiation; and (iv) determining the thermo-optical properties, particularly the size or size distribution, of the fluorescently labeled biomolecules or biomolecule complexes from the detected fluorescence intensity or fluorescence intensity distribution. | 12-30-2010 |
20130288232 | FAST THERMO-OPTICAL PARTICLE CHARACTERISATION - The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for a fast thermo-optical characterisation of particles. In particular, the present invention relates to a method and a device to measure the stability of (bio)molecules, the interaction of molecules, in particular biomolecules, with, e.g. further (bio)molecules, particularly modified (bio)molecules, particles, beads, and/or the determination of the length/size (e.g. hydrodynamic radius) of individual (bio)molecules, particles, beads and/or the determination of length/size (e.g. hydrodynamic radius). | 10-31-2013 |
20140293731 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTACTLESS MIXING OF LIQUIDS - The invention generally relates to an apparatus and a method for mixing of liquids ( | 10-02-2014 |
20150125897 | FAST THERMO-OPTICAL PARTICLE CHARACTERISATION - The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for a fast thermo-optical characterisation of particles. In particular, the present invention relates to a method and a device to measure the stability of (bio)molecules, the interaction of molecules, in particular biomolecules, with, e.g. further (bio)molecules, particularly modified (bio)molecules, particles, beads, and/or the determination of the length/size (e.g. hydrodynamic radius) ofindividual (bio)molecules, particles, beads and/or the determination of length/size (e.g. hydrodynamic radius). | 05-07-2015 |
20150137005 | CAPILLARY ARRAY - The invention relates to arrays with a plurality of capillaries being arranged in a plane and mechanically attached to the array, wherein the distance of adjacent capillaries is approximately 2.25 mm or an integer multiple thereof. At least one free end of each capillary projects from the array in such a way that the free ends of the capillaries may be simultaneously inserted into wells of a microwell plate. | 05-21-2015 |