DAWN® Multi-Angle Static Light Scattering (MALS) Detector
The world's most advanced light scattering instrument for absolute characterization of proteins, conjugates, macromolecules, and nanoparticles.
Premier MALS
The DAWN® is the premier Multi-Angle static Light Scattering (MALS) detector for absolute characterization of the molar mass and size of macromolecules and nanoparticles in solution. The DAWN offers the highest sensitivity, the widest range of molecular weight, size and concentration, and the largest selection of configurations and optional modules for enhanced capabilities.
Used with SEC-MALS
The DAWN is most often used in conjunction with Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC-MALS) or Size Exclusion Chromatography (SEC-MALS) or Field-Flow Fractionation (FFF-MALS) to determine distributions of mass, size and composition independent of column calibration by reference standards.
Compatible with ASTRA®
The DAWN is accompanied by ASTRA, the most versatile software package available for analysis of online multi-angle and dynamic light scattering.
The DAWN and its companion Optilab® dRI detector are the established benchmarks for MALS analysis, cited in thousands of peer-reviewed publications. Multi-angle light scattering detection is indispensable for use with GPC and HPLC-SEC in order to obtain reliable molecular mass distributions and information on molecular conformation, branching ratio, fragments and aggregates.
SEC-MALS with a DAWN and Optilab characterizes conformation and branching of synthetic and natural polymers larger than 10 nm in rms radius Rg. The addition of a ViscoStar® differential viscometer creates a GPC triple-detection system that can analyze molecular conformation and size below the Rg limit of 10 nm and determine Mark-Houwink Sakurada coefficients.
The combination of a UV/Vis absorbance detector with a DAWN and Optilab refractive index detector creates a UV-MALS-RI triple-detection system, for analysis of copolymers and protein conjugates (glycoproteins, PEGylated proteins, surfactant-bound membrane proteins, etc.). With the addition of a WyattQELS™ DLS module for size determination, protein conformation may be analyzed.
- Mw from 200 Da to 1000 MDa
- Sensitivity: 10 ng/mL 100 kDa polystyrene in THF, 0.4 µg/mL BSA (66.4 kDa) in PBS
- Rg from 10 to 500 nm, up to 1000 nm with shape-specific models
- Ultra-stable, high-power laser
The DAWN may also be used in batch (off-line) mode to characterize the weight-average molar mass, z-average size and second virial coefficient of unfractionated samples.
In conjunction with a Calypso® CG-MALS system, the DAWN characterizes macromolecular interactions, label-free and immobilization-free: affinity and absolute stoichiometry of self- and hetero-association of simple or complex molecular systems. The Calypso system also automates the determination of second virial coefficients, cross virial coefficients, average molar masses and sizes.