qpod 3

The qpod 3 is an air-cooled, temperature controlled cuvette holder powered by an internal controller. Plan your experiments around this standalone device, no controller or water circulation system required to maintain normal operating temperatures.

The standard qpod 3 base has a metric hole pattern for mounting on an optical breadboard. We have mounting options compatible with a wide array of spectrophotometers from different manufacturers, or contact us today for a custom mounting solution to meet your experimental needs! Check out the available options below!

With four optical ports at right angles surrounding the cuvette, most applications of the qpod 3 take advantage of fiber optics for transmitting light, though lasers, focused light sources and probes of various kinds may be used. Each of optical ports of the qpod 3 has slit holders to control optical access to the cuvette and a mounting ring, thermally stable and precisely aligned with the cuvette tower for mounting light sources, lenses, filters, polarizers, mirrors, spectrographs, detectors, or whatever components your experiment requires.

Part of our Air-Cooled line of cuvette holders, the qpod 3 is ideal for temperature ranges of 0 °C to 110 °C with no liquid cooling required. No longer is the instrument required to be tethered to a water bucket, chiller, or other circulating liquid reservoir in order to set and maintain precise sample temperatures.

The qpod 3 has the ability to stir the sample at a steady reproducible rate, and the ability to flood the optics in a controlled gaseous environment while working at lower temperatures to maintain optical clarity. Use the qpod 3 to observe spectra at precisely maintained temperatures, or for temperature ramping, to observe changes with temperature.

Purchase the low temperature option which adds the capability for liquid cooling, to easily operate the qX3 from 0 °C down to -30 °C

It is easy to operate the qpod 3 using the included computer program Q-Blue. Use Q-Blue to change sample temperature, stirring speed, and temperature ramp rate, all while observing and logging temperature data.