Icon Descriptions for ibidi Labware

Polymer Coverslip
These products have the ibidi Polymer Coverslip #1.5 bottom.
This #1.5 bottom has a thickness of 180 µm (+10/–5 µm) and meets all of the optical requirements for microscopes. It is suitable for various imaging techniques: phase contrast, DIC, widefield fluorescence, confocal microscopy, two-photon microscopy, FRAP, FRET, FLIM, LSFM, and more. The ibidi Polymer Coverslip is compatible with many common immersion oils. Please find a list of compatible immersion oils here.
More information: ibidi Polymer Coverslip.

Glass Coverslip
These products have a Glass Coverslip #1.5H bottom.*
This bottom has a thickness of 170 µm (+/–5 μm) and is made of D 263 M Schott glass. It has been specifically developed for TIRF, super-resolution microscopy, and single molecule microscopy.
More information: Glass Coverslip bottom.

*Please note: The ibidi Glass Bottom Dish ^{35 mm} has a #1.5 glass coverslip bottom with a thickness of 170 µm (+20/–10 µm).

Glass Slide
The bottom of these products is a standard glass slide with a thickness of 1 mm. After mounting using the coverslip technique, the products are suitable for upright and inverted microscopy.
More information: standard glass slide.

Sticky
These products are without a coverslip, but have a sticky surface for the application of your own specific substrate. After removing the protection foil, you can stick any substrate of your choice to the bottom.

Bioinert
The Bioinert surface of these products completely inhibits cell-surface interaction and is ideal for the short-term and long-term culture and microscopy of spheroids, organoids, embryoid bodies, and suspension cells. Bioinert is coated on the ibidi Polymer Coverslip, which provides excellent optical properties for high-resolution microscopy.

Inverted Microscopy
These products are used with inverted microscopy techniques. The cells are observed through the bottom of a cell culture vessel. For successful inverted microscopy, the bottom must have the highest optical features, which are provided by the ibidi Polymer Coverslip and the ibidi Glass Coverslip.

Upright Microscopy
These products are used with upright microscopy techniques. The cells are observed from the top through the lid of a petri dish or a coverslip.

Adherent Cells
These products are optimized for the direct culture of many adherent cell types and various cell-based assays.

Spheroids and Organoids
These products inhibit cell attachment and are optimized for assays with organoids, embryoid bodies, and spheroids.

Suspension Cells
These products inhibit cell attachment and are suitable for assays with suspension cells.

3D Cell Culture
These products are suitable for three-dimensional (3D) cell culture (e.g., in a gel matrix).

Super Resolution
These products are optimized for single molecule detection, TIRF, and super-resolution microscopy techniques, such as STED, SSIM, RESOLFT, PALM, FPALM, and (d)STORM.

Fluorescence Microscopy
These products are suitable for fluorescence microscopy, e.g., immunofluorescence assays.

Flow Assays
These products are suitable for cell culture under flow (e.g., for the simulation of physiologic conditions in blood vessels or rolling and adhesion assays).

Wound Healing and Migration Assays
These products are suitable for wound healing and migration assays.

Angiogenesis Assays
These products are suitable for angiogenesis and tube formation assays.

Chemotaxis Assays
These products are suitable for chemotaxis assays, including single cell migration assays and single cell chemotaxis.

Grid 50
These products have a 50 µm grid for easy cell location and cell counting

Grid 500
These products have a 500 µm grid for easy cell location and cell counting.

High Throughput
These products are optimized for high throughput assays and screenings.

Phase Contrast
These products are optimized for phase contrast microscopy.