Facilities and equipment

pco.4000

(High image quality)

• Scintillator-coupled detector
• 4008 x 2672 pixels
• Pixel size: 9 µm x 9 µm
• Dynamic range: 5,455:1
• Maximum frame rate at full resolution: 5 Hz
• Exposure time: 5 µs - 49 days
• Low noise

pco.edge 5.5

(High image quality)

• Scintillator-coupled detector
• 2560 x 2160 pixels
• Pixel size: 6.5 µm x 6.5 µm
• Dynamic range: 27,000:1
• Maximum frame rate at full resolution: 100 Hz
• Exposure time: 500 µs - 2 s
• Very low noise

pco.dimax S

(High speed)

• Scintillator-coupled detector
• 2016 x 2016 pixels
• Pixel size: 11 µm x 11 µm
• Dynamic range: 1,600:1
• Maximum frame rate at full resolution: 1,279 Hz
• Exposure time: 1.5 µs - 40 ms

Objective 

lens

Total

Effective pixel size (µm)

pco.4000

1.25x

2x

4x

10x

2.5x

4x

8x

3.6

2.25

1.125

0.45

14 x 9.6

9.0 x 6.0

4.5 x 3.0

1.8 x 1.2

pco.edge 5.5

1.25x

2x

4x

10x

2.5x

4x

8x

2.6

1.625

0.8125

0.325

6.7 x 5.6

4.2 x 3.5

2.1 x 1.8

0.83 x 0.70

pco. dimax S

2x

5x

10x

4x

10x

2.75

1.1

0.55

5.5 x 5.5

2.2 x 2.2

1.1 x 1.1

• Optical light microscopes (Zeiss Stemi 2000, Zeiss Observer)
• Refrigerator
• Oven
• Fume cupboards
• Ultrasonic bath
• Glove box
• Centrifuge (Eppendorf 5810)
• Precision saw (Struers Accutom-5)
• Grinding and polishing machine (Struers LaboPol-5)