Are the glass bottom dishes good for fluorescence microscopy?
Yes. The glass bottom dishes are excellent for fluorescent microscopy. Important glass properties are: 1. Incident ultraviolet rays with wavelengths longer than 320 nm do not cause fluorescence. 2. Mercury lines at 334 and 365 nm do not create auto-fluorescence. (Note: For mercury illumination, filter out the mercury lines with wavelengths shorter than 313 nm to obtain best possible results.) 3. Refractive index (@ 20°C): nd= 1.5230 tolerance ± 0.0015 4. Abbe number V = 55.
