Basically, the sensor is a chip, whereby the surface is excited to oscillate acoustically. The acoustic waves are generated in its piezoelectric material and travers laterally. Response to changes in the surface-bound material and configuration is a modified oscillation with a proprietary method. This method and the high operation frequency significantly reduces distortion effects by the complexity of matrix, therefore purification steps might be ommited.
Sensor Chips and Chemistries
Chips are available in a range of pre-coated chemistries. They are sold in packs of 3, and we also supply kits with a range of chemistries included.
For sam®5 GREEN and sam®5 BLUE, an off-line coating device is provided for attaching different discrete capture molecules onto the different sensor positions of the chip. Once the proteins are spotted, they are allowed to attach, then the chip is washed and dried before insertion into the biosensor.
For the sam®X, the capture proteins can be immobilised on-line due to the novel plumbing which enables discrete targetting of a sample to a specific position on the chip. This means chip loading can be monitored and measured in real-time.
Chip/chemistry coatings |
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Plain gold |
sam®5 BLUE only |
COOH SAM |
All models |
OH SAM |
All models |
CH3 SAM |
All models |
NH2 SAM |
All models |
Carboxymethyl Dextran (long chain) |
All models |
Carboxymethyl Dextran (short chain) |
All models |
Streptavidin Dextran |
All models |
Protein A/G |
All models |
The coating tool containing a chip on the chip holder ready for off-line immobilisation of proteins.
Software
A simple three-part software package supports all the sam® models. It controls the complete measurement, performs the desired injections and enables analysis of the resulting curves. The system comes with 1 permanent licence for the well-established ORIGIN software for data analysis.
Define the process flow
Experimental Setup
SequenceMaster® supports the assembly of specific customer programs for the execution of a complete injection series by the autosampler. The SequenceMaster® provides an easy to use "Drag & Drop" interface to create sam® Biosensor programs.
Run the measurement
Data Acquisition
The measuring and controlling software SensMaster® provides a graphical interface, which controls the execution of the experiments. With SensMaster®, measuring parameters are set and data acquistion can then be tracked in real-time. Both the phase and amplitude parameters can be tracked simultaneously.
Get the information
Data Evaluation
FitMaster® is used for the analysis. Measurement data is exported from SensMaster® into ORIGIN to be analyzed and processed automatically with FitMaster®. Depending on the experiment, the data can be analyzed with defined standard binding models
KD determinations in minutes
FitMaster® provides a set of different KD calculation models enabling the user to determine KD automatically. Calculation results can be easily obtained in minutes from the measurement data. For both binding and KD, customized models can be developed and implemented. Data can also be exported to other analysis alternative packages if a more complex fit or model is required.
A simple three-part software package supports the sam®5 system. It controls the complete measurement, performs the desired injections and enables analysis of the resulting curves.