Bio-Interfaces

Imaging Ellipsometry

Biological applications demand high sensitivity observation techniques. Additionally, the environment needs to be controllable in order to avoid influencing or damaging the behavior of observed materials.

Imaging Ellipsometry (IE) offers highest sensitivity for thickness or surface coverage of mono- as well as sub-monolayers with microscopic resolution. High resolution micromaps of the ellipsometric angles Δ and Ψ, and the unique ellipsometric contrast mode for thin films offers insight in real-time to thickness changes on microstructures.

Useful accessories as e.g. cells, QCM-D etc. enlarge the field of measurement and research for biological applications.

Typical applications include:

• In-situ Imaging Ellipsometry

• Integration of QCM-D

• Microscopic i-SPREE

• Supported Bilayers

• Biophysics

• Microscopic Mapping

• Microarrays / Microfilms

• Biomolecular Interaction