<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">We often run into this issue where a user's beaker doesn't quite fit into our benchtop sonicators, adding significant complexity to users and reducing process flexibility.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">I am looking for a handheld ultrasonicator that users could dip into their beakers.  I'm thinking of something like a Phillips Sonicare toothbrush or Water-Pik, for example (yes - I thought of it while at the dentist!). But solvent compatible.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><div><div class="gmail_default"><b>Can anyone share experiences/suggestions with handheld sonicators, for example for Lift-off (in solvents like NMP, ACE, ISO, 300T etc.)?</b></div></div><div><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">I found these "emulsifiers" for biological and chemistry purposes:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><a href="https://www.laboratory-equipment.com/sonicator-q500-no-probe-qsonica-5323-36.html" target="_blank">https://www.laboratory-equipment.com/sonicator-q500-no-probe-qsonica-5323-36.html</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><img src="cid:ii_m4u794ef0" alt="image.png" width="399" height="444"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Of course we will be dipping these into Solvents - so "spark free" operation etc might be required for flammability safety.</div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">-- Demis</font></div><div><br></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:"times new roman",serif"><font size="4">----------------------------------------</font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><i style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><font size="4">     Process Group Manager</font></i><br></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:"times new roman",serif"><font size="4"> <font color="#1155cc"><a href="https://www.nanotech.ucsb.edu/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><i>UCSB Nanofabrication Facility</i></a></font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:"times new roman",serif"><font size="4">         <a href="https://wiki.nanotech.ucsb.edu/wiki/Demis_D._John" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Demis' Contact Info</a></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><div style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><font size="4">----------------------------------------</font></div></div><i style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(136,136,136)">Reminder</i><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(136,136,136)">: The NanoFab has a </span><a href="https://wiki.nanotech.ucsb.edu/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Publications_acknowledging_the_Nanofab" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span>publications</span> <span>policy</span></a> </div></div></div></div>
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