Starna Scientific (formerly Optiglass Ltd)

Starna Scientific (formerly Optiglass Ltd)
Address: 52-54 Fowler Road, Hainault, Essex, United Kingdom IG6 3UT
Tel: 020 8500 1264 Fax: 020 8500 1955
Web: www.starna.com Email: sales@starna.co.uk
Contact: Sales

Company Profile
The production capabilities of Starna Scientific Ltd utilises a unique blend of skills to make it a world leader in the combined techniques of drilling, grinding, polishing and fusing, when applied to glass and quartz materials.

Optical component production includes precision lenses, prisms, mirrors, windows and test plates together with a wide range of single and multilayer coatings.

Starna Scientific Ltd. manufactures the internationally recognised Starna range of spectrophotometer cells and reference materials for UV, Visible and Fluorescence spectroscopy as well as ultra high vacuum laser cells.

Starna® products are manufactured at the Starna Scientific (formerly Optiglass) factory founded in 1964, whose lineage of optical expertise is traceable to the early part of the last century. Starna Scientific Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of the international group of Starna companies whose reputation is synonymous with quality and service in the manufacture and supply of spectrophotometer cells, optical components and certified reference materials.

All Starna products are manufactured in an environment conforming to the latest ISO 9001:2000 standard. Starna Scientific is also accredited by UKAS as a Certified Reference Material Producer. This internationally recognised accreditation is only awarded to CRM producers whose manufacturing and calibration processes satisfy both ISO Guide 34 and ISO 17025. This unique combination of manufacturing and application skills makes Starna a much valued partner to instrument manufacturers, distributors and end users worldwide.

Products from Starna Scientific (formerly Optiglass Ltd)

Microplate adapter

To simplify the operational qualification of microplate readers Starna has released a new Reference Cell Microplate Adaptor (RCMA) that now enables laboratory professionals to use
existing Starna sealed-cell and filter reference materials in a horizontal format.The RCMA’s innovative design allows the location of eight ‘pairs’ of read positions, and minimises the
potential for bubble interference adversely impacting measurements. The new adaptor, which provides a method of validation in the UV region that has not previously been available, enables companies to extend their ‘NIST traceable’ and ISO
17025/ISO Guide 34 accredited Certified Reference Materials for use in a micro-plate format.

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Date added: 01 October 2008

Nucleic acid analysis

A unique stable material has been developed by Dr Chris Burgess in conjunction with Starna’s Technical Division, that exhibits similar spectral characteristics to pure DNA. This robust and
durable standard reference material allows quick and reliable quality control and assurance of the DNA 260/280nm measurement process. This control material has been specifically designed to assure the wavelength accuracy in critical nucleic
acid measurements. The reference has a quoted production batch, 260/280 corrected absorbance ratio of 1.9 ±0.1. Spectrophotometric measurements falling within this tolerance indicate that the wavelength scale is accurate to ±1nm. If values are found outside 1.9 ± 0.1, then they provide diagnostic evidence of the extent and the direction of the wavelength error.

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Date added: 27 June 2008