In a method for the fluorescence spectroscopic, in particular fluorescence
correlation spectroscopic study of a measurement sample, the latter is
introduced into a sample holding chamber (12) formed hollowed in a sample
support (10). Electrically charged analytes contained in the measurement
sample are then concentrated in a measurement volume (26) lying inside
the sample volume, whereupon the measurement volume (26) is studied.
According to the invention, the boundary walls (28) of the sample holding
chamber (12) are brought essentially surface-wide to an electrostatic
potential having the same sign as the charge of the analytes in order to
concentrate the analytes in the measurement volume (26). An electrical
molecule trap formed in this way can be produced very straightforwardly
and is suitable in particular for screening studies of measurement
samples, a large multiplicity of which are arranged close together in
indentations (12) of the sample support (10).