Slide sets

Multi-modalities Test Set 1a

A set of 5 glass microscope slides with permanent mounted specimens designed to allow testing of multiple microscope illumination modalities. The biological specimens are all histology (thin sections) – not whole cell or squash preparations. See the User Guide document for more details and illustrations. The set comprises:

1. A silicon chip die (silicon wafer fragment) embedded for epi-illumination microscopy (including epi-polarisation). A great specimen to test resolution and educational for microelectronics. The exact size and type of integrated circuit will vary from batch to batch.
2. A section of plant tissue stained with fluorescein for fluorescence microscopy experiments. This is a thick section (cut at a nominal 5 microns) to allow experimentation with deconvolution microscopy and focus stacking.
3. A thin section of Allium root tips stained with haematoxylin and eosin to demonstrate mitosis, chromosomes and nuclear chromatin detail. Excellent for transillumination microscopy and resolution tests with oil immersion as well as biological education.
4. A thin section of plant tissue stained with the periodic acid Schiff reaction (PAS stain) to demonstrate plant structures. Good for transillumination methods including trans-polarisation microscopy to demonstrate the birefringence of the cell walls.
5. A thin section of the same plant specimen as used for the PAS slide. Because this one is unstained it is excellent for testing optical contrast methods such as dark ground (dark field) and phase contrast microscopy. The fact it is from the same specimen as the PAS stained section means you can correlate the contrast seen with these optical methods to the contrast demonstrated by PAS staining. Set 1a uses a section of Oak leaf for the PAS and unstained specimens.

£83.45

Multi-modalities Test Set 1b

A set of 5 glass microscope slides with permanent mounted specimens designed to allow testing of multiple microscope illumination modalities. The biological specimens are all histology (thin sections) – not whole cell or squash preparations. See the User Guide document for more details and illustrations. The set comprises:

1. A silicon chip die (silicon wafer fragment) embedded for epi-illumination microscopy (including epi-polarisation). A great specimen to test resolution and educational for microelectronics. The exact size and type of integrated circuit will vary from batch to batch.
2. A section of plant tissue stained with fluorescein for fluorescence microscopy experiments. This is a thick section (cut at a nominal 5 microns) to allow experimentation with deconvolution microscopy and focus stacking.
3. A thin section of Allium root tips stained with haematoxylin and eosin to demonstrate mitosis, chromosomes and nuclear chromatin detail. Excellent for transillumination microscopy and resolution tests with oil immersion as well as biological education.
4. A thin section of plant tissue stained with the periodic acid Schiff reaction (PAS stain) to demonstrate plant structures. Good for transillumination methods including trans-polarisation microscopy to demonstrate the birefringence of the cell walls.
5. A thin section of the same plant specimen as used for the PAS slide. Because this one is unstained it is excellent for testing optical contrast methods such as dark ground (dark field) and phase contrast microscopy. The fact it is from the same specimen as the PAS stained section means you can correlate the contrast seen with these optical methods to the contrast demonstrated by PAS staining. Set 1b uses section of Sonchus stems for the PAS and unstained specimens.

£83.45

Multi-modalities Test Set 1c

A set of 5 glass microscope slides with permanent mounted specimens designed to allow testing of multiple microscope illumination modalities. The biological specimens are all histology (thin sections) – not whole cell or squash preparations. See the User Guide document for more details and illustrations. The set comprises:

1. A silicon chip die (silicon wafer fragment) embedded for epi-illumination microscopy (including epi-polarisation). A great specimen to test resolution and educational for microelectronics. The exact size and type of integrated circuit will vary from batch to batch.
2. A section of plant tissue stained with fluorescein for fluorescence microscopy experiments. This is a thick section (cut at a nominal 5 microns) to allow experimentation with deconvolution microscopy and focus stacking.
3. A thin section of Allium root tips stained with haematoxylin and eosin to demonstrate mitosis, chromosomes and nuclear chromatin detail. Excellent for transillumination microscopy and resolution tests with oil immersion as well as biological education.
4. A thin section of plant tissue stained with the periodic acid Schiff reaction (PAS stain) to demonstrate plant structures. Good for transillumination methods including trans-polarisation microscopy to demonstrate the birefringence of the cell walls.
5. A thin section of the same plant specimen as used for the PAS slide. Because this one is unstained it is excellent for testing optical contrast methods such as dark ground (dark field) and phase contrast microscopy. The fact it is from the same specimen as the PAS stained section means you can correlate the contrast seen with these optical methods to the contrast demonstrated by PAS staining. Set 1c uses a section of multiple specimens for the PAS and unstained specimens (holly leaf, oak leaf, Sonchus flower bud and Campanula flower bud) so gives an increased variety of botanical structures for educational purposes.

£98.66