Confocal Raman Microscopy Service Center
Chemistry Building, room 241

The Instrument

Renishaw InVia Confocal Raman Microscope (www.renishaw.com) consisting of a tandem microscope-spectrograph capable of detecting Raman and luminescence spectra using a Peltier-cooled charge coupled device (CCD) detector.

Two available excitation wavelengths: 785nm and 514 nm.

Spectral resolution is better than 0.5cm^-1 in the visible region of the spectrum.

100cm^-1 low-shift performance.

Confocal resolution better than 2.0µm when using x100 objective lens.

Application areas

Pharmaceutical sciences

Carbon/Carbon nanotubes

Materials characterization

Biological / biomedical samples

Semiconductor characterization

Nanomaterials characterization

Fibers, polymers

Forensic analysis

Art conservation

Geology

Reference

K P J Williams et al, “Confocal Raman microspectroscopy using a stigmatic spectrograph and CCD detector”, Applied Spectroscopy,1994, 48, 232-235.

Fee Structure

$20 per hour, minimum charge of 1 hour.

Faculty Contacts

Curtis Shannon, Chemistry & Biochemistry, email, 4-6964.

Minseo Park, Physics, email, 4-4270.

Virginia Davis, Chemical Engineering, email, 4-2060.