Nanocrine Plasmonic Imaging Biochips are the first commercially available product that enables live-imaging of molecules in the extracellular environment, providing a new level of contextual data for interrogating cell-to-cell communication, viral release dynamics, and immunomodulatory effects. Plasmonic Imaging leverages nanoscale geometric patterning of plasmonic materials to enable quantitative visualization of molecules using standard light microscopes in real time.

Plasmonic sensing is a process by which properties of biomolecules are characterized and quantified through the optical interactions between light and plasmonic materials as those biomolecules become bound to the plasmonic material. The most commonly used plasmonic sensing technology is surface plasmon resonance (SPR) with nearly four decades of use. SPR is a robust and sensitive sensing technology used in analytical chemistry, biopharmaceutical development, and medical sciences and is particularly advantageous for being label free. Nanocrine’s proprietary Plasmonic Biosensor Chips leverage the advantages of SPR and combine them with the spatial capabilities of a microscope. Nanocrine’s Plasmonic Biosensor Chips are the first commercial product enabling researchers the ability to map extracellular secretions as they occur from living cells.

Plasmonic Imaging Biochips are provided at #1.5 coverglass thickness. They are part of Nanocrine’s Plasmonic Imaging systems which include various Cell Prep Chambers and Imaging Chambers dependent on your application. All of our products fit to industry standards and may be used on microscope stage top holders for microplates, petri dishes, and microscope slides.