Test System Example
Infrared Thermal Imaging System for Wellplate Reaction Monitoring
An IR camera tracks small temperature changes across a well plate to monitor reactions, under controlled gas conditions.
Sciotex built a system that uses an infrared camera to monitor small temperature changes in well plates, as an indirect measure of the chemical reactions in each well. The system also controls the gas mixture and pressure the samples are exposed to, so reactions can be run and compared under defined conditions.
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Non-contact temperature
All wells monitored at once
Controlled atmosphere
Defined test conditions
Example Overview
Monitoring Reactions by Temperature
How can an infrared camera monitor chemical reactions?
Most chemical reactions release or absorb heat. In a small sample the temperature change may be a fraction of a degree, but a thermal camera can measure it in every well at once without touching the samples. Tracking those changes over time shows when and how strongly each reaction proceeds.
Because the reactions also depend on their environment, the system controls the gas mixture and pressure over the plate. That allows many reactions to be screened in parallel under the same, recorded conditions.
At a glance
- Sensor
- Infrared (thermal) camera
- Samples
- Biological samples in well plates
- Measured
- Small temperature changes over time
- Environment
- Controlled gas mixture and pressure
- Purpose
- Indirect monitoring of chemical reactions
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How It Works
How the IR Reaction Monitor Works
Temperature becomes the measurement, recorded for every well under controlled conditions.
Samples are placed in the chamber.
Gas mixture and pressure are established.
The IR camera records the whole plate.
Temperature in each well is followed over time.
Reactions are compared across wells.
What the System Does
A Test System Built for Parallel Screening
Measuring temperature optically lets many reactions be followed at once without disturbing them.
Non-contact measurement
No probes in the samples.
Parallel monitoring
Every well measured in each frame.
Atmosphere control
Gas mixture set for each test.
Pressure control
Conditions held and recorded.
Hardware and Software
System Capabilities
See the data acquisition guide for how measurement systems like this are designed.
| Imaging | Infrared camera |
|---|---|
| Sample format | Well plates |
| Measurement | Temperature change per well over time |
| Gas control | Gas mixture |
| Pressure control | Sample pressure |
Related lab automation
Other Sciotex systems for parallel experiments include:
- Wellplate imaging with automatic re-imaging
- Robotic vial handling across 1,280 positions
- Birefringence imaging of well plates
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