Re: Rotate microscope to view vertical specimen

Posted by Andrew Resnick on
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/Rotate-microscope-to-view-vertical-specimen-tp2636715p2638452.html

A colleague at NASA was studying colloidal crystals, and because of
sedimentation had the exact same situation.

He was using a Zeiss Axiskop, which had a well-shaped base that could
conveniently be anchored/clamped to a plate.  The entire assembly
could be rotated by hand, and the final orientation held in place by
use of a automobile drum brake. I'll see if he's still around and put
him in touch.

Andy

At 11:26 PM 4/14/2009, you wrote:

>We are interested in viewing a cell culture that has been turned vertically
>so that the surface liquid can drain. We therefore need to rotate the
>microscope so that its optical axis is horizontal. We want to be able to
>rotate the microscope continuously from a vertical optical axis (normal
>configuration) to a horizontal one. Does anyone know of a publication that
>describes the mechanical design of a rotation assembly for accomplishing this?
>Thanks,
>Rich
>
>Richard Superfine
>Bowman and Gordon Gray Professor
>Department of Physics and Astronomy
>Director, Center for Computer Integrated Systems for Microscopy and
>Manipulation (CISMM) Phillips Hall CB3255 University of North Carolina
>Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255
>919.962.1185   CISMM.org

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