DECTRIS SINGLA® detector is a hybrid-pixel electron-counting camera optimized for Life Sciences applications. With a sensitive area of roughly 1,000 x 1,000-pixels, it is suitable for Cryo-Electron Microscopy (cryoEM) and Micro-Electron Diffraction (microED) applications. Experiments in single-particle analysis and cryo-electron tomography also benefit greatly from this detector’s speed. In addition, SINGLA detector’s fast readout speed (exceeding 2,000 frames per second), combined with its superior dynamic range, make it the ideal detector for small-molecule and 3D micro-crystallography. The detector is bottom-mounted and compatible with JEOL and Thermo Fisher Scientific Transmission Electron Microscopes (TEM).
- Fast & Accurate: detector’s direct electron detection at fast frame rate allow for optimal data collection at lower energies (100 keV), enabling low-dose electron microscopy.
- Compatible: DECTRIS SINGLA® detector is compatible with the SerialEM program.
Detector Specifications*
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Number of pixels (W x H) |
1,028 x 1,062 |
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Active area (W x H) [mm² ] |
77.1 x 79.7 |
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Pixel size (W x H) [µm² ] |
75 x 75 |
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Sensor material |
Silicon (Si) |
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Energy range [keV ] |
30 - 200 |
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Frame rate (max.) [Hz ] |
2,250 (16-bit); 4,500 (8-bit) |
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Count rate (max.) [el/s/pixel ] |
107 |
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Detective Quantum Efficiency, DQE(0) |
up to 0.98 at 100 kV, up to 0.90 at 200 kV |
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Detector mounting |
Bottom, on-axis |
*All specifications are subject to change without notice.
All technical documentation is available here.
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Case Study
A purpose-built electron cryo-microscope with DECTRIS SINGLA, running at 100 keV, promises to reduce the cost and complexity of studies on biological structures.
Publication: McMullan, Greg, et al. "Structure determination by cryoEM at 100 keV." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120.49 (2023): e2312905120.
Techniques
Cryo-Electron Microscopy (cryoEM)
DECTRIS detectors enable you to extract the most information about the structure of a biological molecule, with minimal radiation damage.
Micro-Electron Diffraction (microED)
Capture every bit of data from your samples using fast, radiation-hard, hybrid-pixel electron detectors.
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