Jasco 815 Circular Dichroism (CD)

CD measures the differential absorption of the left and right hand components of circularly polarized light.  The Jasco covers the 163 nm to 900 nm wavelength range.  This system also has a flow cell that allows for kinetic studies in a stop flow mode.  CD is used to study molecules that have secondary structure such as b-sheet and a-helical structures in proteins, DNA and some large molecular assemblies. The normal sample configuration is a standard 1 cm x 1 cm cuvette.