The MSV-5000 series microscopic spectrophotometer is capable to analyze micro sample/area by both transmission/reflection measurement in the region from UV to Near IR, which can be applied to characterization of micro sized sample/area and also impurity analysis. Recently, this type of technology is getting very popular in bioscience field such as the analysis of localized constituents in living cells.

Volvox which has localized cellular density due to its internal daughter colonies, was measured to obtain absorption spectra and fixed-wavelength mapping.