VITROCELL® CalorQuanti

Innovative optical dosimetry tool for real-time deposition monitoring


The latest innovation of online dosimetry assessment was developed in a joint project of NanoLockin and VITROCELL®.

The new CalorQuanti can be used to optically analyze the particle dose in VITROCELL® Cloud Alpha Systems or as standalone unit. It uses an innovative lock-in thermography system, which allows to measure the heating of particles upon light irradiation. The amount of heat produced can be correlated to the deposited dose.

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Function Principle

  • Laser pulses light on ALI
  • Particles and cells emit different IR-radiation
  • Lock-in thermography allows for analysis of temperature differences in the mK range
  • The measured heat can be correlated to the particle concentration

IR-radiation can be correlated to particle concentration. Combustion particles deposited on lung cells were detected by lock-in thermography (upper figure) and visualized by transmission electron microscopy (lower figure). The thermal signal intensity was homogeneous at both concentrations and increased with particle levels.

Features

  • Allows for non-invasive, real-time dosimetry
  • Particle deposition is measured on living cells, directly at the air-liquid interface
  • Does not sacrify a cell culture position in the exposure system
  • Capable of analyzing particle types with darker color: combustion particles (e.g., diesel and aircraft emissions), tire wear particles, metal particles, break wear particles, carbon particles (graphene, carbon black and nanotubes)
  • Also available as standalone version
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