MOST major brands of optical microscope can now have Raman spectroscopy capability added to them through the Apollo Raman microspectrometer from Craic Technologies. This additional instrument allows the collection of Raman spectra from microscopic or larger samples, allowing the specimen…
Category: spectroscopy
Invisibility cloak promises spectroscopy on a chip (video)
WHILE the general media are agitated by the far-fetched possibilities of Harry Potteresque camouflage from today’s announcement of a so-called invisibility cloak, here at the LabHomepage we’re much more excited about the prospects for massively-multiplexed spectroscopy on a single chip…
July 2012 workshop on portable molecular spectroscopy
ANALYTIK has announced a workshop at its new UK premises, in partnership with Agilent Technologies, on portable and handheld molecular spectroscopy. The free-to-attend event will be held on Tuesday 17 July 2012 at Analytik’s premises in Swavesey, Cambridge. Molecular spectroscopy…
Measuring total sulphur quickly and reliably
INDUCTIVELY Coupled Plasma – Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) is a powerful and sensitive technique employed by Warwick Analytical Service to determine total sulphur in both organic and inorganic samples. The method can be used across a broad range of sample…
Arbitrary polarisation control added to nanoscale IR spectroscope
IN THE quest to develop new high-performance polymers, one area of interest is to consider the orientation of the material at a molecular level. Speaking at Pittcon 2012 in Orlando, Florida, this week, Professor Bruce Chase of the University of…
Triple isotope analyser is ‘world first’
THE DIRECT simultaneous measurement of three isotopes in water and water vapour is now possible in a single instrument, says Los Gatos Research, with its world-first IWA-46EP triple isotope analyser. The instrument offers levels of sensitivity and precision comparable to…
Portable spectroradiometer brings the lab to the field
COLLECTING data on radiometric and reflectance spectra of geological and other samples in the field – known as ground truth data – can be the only valid technique where unknown materials are involved and where the removal of samples to…
Kinetic spectroscopy adds a new dimension
CRAIC Technologies says the addition of ‘kinetic spectroscopy’ capabilities to its 20/20 Perfect Vision microspectrophotometer gives the instrument numerous new applications. Kinetic spectroscopy allows the device to monitor a broad spectral range by absorbance, reflectance, and optical emission, over a…
Wavelength extender boosts supercontinuum generation
SPECIFICALLY designed for supercontinuum generation when used with femtosecond Ti:Sapphire lasers, Newport’s SCG-02 wavelength extender is said to be ideal for a variety of spectroscopy and nonlinear microscopy applications. Laser input is split into two parallel beams – the fundamental…
Understanding polymer crystallisation through AFM-IR
GROUND-breaking work on the characterisation of sub-micron polymer domains using AFM-IR has been published in the October 2011 issue of Applied Spectroscopy, a monthly journal published by the Society for Applied Spectroscopy. Written by Isao Noda of Procter and Gamble,…