The Thermo Scientific™ Evolution™ One/One Plus UV-Vis Spectrophotometer series provides dependable, compatible hardware, an extensive selection of accessories, and practical, user-friendly Thermo Scientific™ Insight™ Pro Software. This configuration enables routine, complex research and advanced applications, including current compliance.

Evolution™ One/One Plus UV-Vis Spectrophotometers. Image Credit: Thermo Fisher Scientific - UV-Vis Spectroscopy
Product Overview
This instrument line provides genuine improvements that enhance usability and functionality - without increasing complexity - for routine to research analysis. The Evolution One and One Plus UV-Vis Spectrophotometers enable users to perform experiments as desired, and obtain the required results with the support of its intuitive software, advanced instrumentation, and extensive range of accessories.
Optimized Engineering Delivers Ultimate Performance
- Achieve optimal performance with microcells, solid samples, and fiber optic probes using Application Focused Beam Geometry (AFBG) technology (Evolution One Plus only).
- Double-beam configuration with a fixed one nm spectral bandwidth or an adjustable spectral bandwidth.
- The xenon flash lamp requires no warm-up time, enabling immediate measurements.
- With a broad selection of accessories, customers can fulfill their chemical, materials science, or biological sample and measurement requirements.
Insight Pro Software - Easy-to-Learn, Easy-to-Use
- Prevent costly sampling and measurement errors: With Customized User Environment (CUE), users can develop tailored workflows for complex tests and convert multi-step procedures into one simple, easy-to-follow method - suitable for any level of user.
- Reduce training time: The user interface has been refined with guided software to deliver a clear, step-by-step workflow that is easy to teach and understand.
- Always up to date: Insight Pro Software continuously evolves with frequent updates to deliver improved capabilities and efficiencies for laboratory needs, whether related to user inputs, application requirements, or new regulations.
Accessories for All Sampling Needs
- A broad selection of accessories, including sample changers, sippers, and solid sampling devices, is available to complete the analysis.
- For temperature control and sample monitoring from 0–100 °C, select either a Peltier Single Cell Holder or a Smart 8-Cell Peltier system.
- Users have full control over all measurements through straightforward software integration.
Regulatory/Quality Control Environments
Manufacturers offer a range of compliance solutions and services to support customers in using the Evolution One/One Plus UV-Vis Spectrophotometers within regulated or quality control environments, minimizing installation time and maintaining system performance.
Evolution One/One Plus Security and Validator Bundles Include
- Qualification Filter Kit for UV-Vis
- INSIGHT Pro with Security Software
- Evolution One or One Plus UV-Vis Spectrometer
- Validator for Insight Pro US Ltr or INTL A4 Paper Version
Evolution One/One Plus USP/EP Standards Pharma Bundles Include
- Evolution One or One Plus Spectrometer
- INSIGHT Pro with Security Software
- USP and EP Visible Standards Set
- USP and EP UV Standards Set
- Validator for Insight Pro US Ltr or INTL A4 Paper Version
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Specifications
Source: Thermo Fisher Scientific - UV-Vis Spectroscopy
| Specifications |
| Baseline Flatness |
± 0.001 A, 200-800 nm, 2 nm SBW, smoothed |
| Dimensions (L x W x H) |
593 x 475 x 266 mm (23.3 x 18.7 x 10.6 in.) |
| Drift |
< 0.0005 A/hr., 500 nm, 1 nm SBW, one-hour warmup |
| Electrical Requirements |
100/240 V, 50/60 Hz selected automatically, 150 W maximum |
| Green Features |
ACT Ecolabel (Gold) |
| Includes |
Evolution One Plus UV-Vis Spectrometer |
| Lamp Life |
Five years or longer if not using a live signal |
| Noise |
1 A: ≤ 0.00015 A 2 A: ≤ 0.00025 A 3 A: ≤ 0.00050 A 260 nm, 1 nm SBW, RMS< |
| Optical Design |
Double beam with sample and reference cuvette positions Czerny-Turner Monochromator |
Pharmacopoeia Compliance Testing |
Photometric Accuracy (60 mg/L K2Cr2O7): ± 0.010 A Stray Light: ≤ 1 % T at 198 nm: KCI; ≤ 0.05 % AT at 220 nm: Nal, Kl Wavelength Accuracy: ± .5 nm 541.9, 546.1 nm Hg emission lines, ± 0.8 nm full range Wavelength Repeatability: ≤ 0.05 nm, repetitive scanning of 546.1 nm Hg emission line |
| Photometric Accuracy |
1 A: ± 0.004 A, 2 A: ± 0.008 A, Measured at 440 nm using neutral density filters traceable to NIST |
| Photometric Display |
-0.3 to 4 A |
| Photometric Range |
> 3.5 A |
| Photometric Repeatability |
1 A: ± 0.0002 A |
| Scan Ordinate Modes |
Absorbance, % Transmittance, % Reflectance, Kubelka-Munk, log (1/R), log (Abs), Abs*Factor, Intensity |
| Scan Speed |
< 1 to 6000 nm/min. (Variable) |
| Warranty |
Instrument (two years), Lamp (three years) |
| Wattage |
150 W max. |
| Wavelength Accuracy |
± 0.5 nm (541.9, 546.1 nm mercury lines), ± 0.8 nm (full range 190-1100 nm) |
| Wavelength Data Interval |
10, 5, 2, 1, 0.5, 0.2, 0.1 nm |
| Wavelength Repeatability |
≤ 0.05 nm (546.1 nm mercury line, SD of 10 measurements) |
| Weight (Imperial) |
32 lb. |
| Weight (Metric) |
14.5 kg |
| Detector Type |
Dual Silicon Photodiodes |
| Light Source |
Xenon Flash |
| Product Line |
Evolution One |
| Spectral Bandwidth |
1 nm |
| Type |
Evolution One UV-Vis Spec |
| Wavelength Range |
190-1100 nm |
| Unit Size |
Each |