Instrument Name & Model  :  Raman Spectrometer (Renishaw inVia Raman microscope)

Excitation            : 633 nm HeNe laser (20mW)

Grating                : 1800 g/mm (1cm^-1)

Laser Power         : 10% (required to assure sample integrity)

Objective              : 50x N plan (1um laser spot size)

Spectral Range     : SynchroScan^TM 100 cm-1 to 4000 cm^-1

Function

- Quality of the molecular bond structure.

- Vibration mode of metal oxide.

- Investigate the chemical composition of historical documents

- Single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs)

- Purity of carbon nanotubes (CNTs)

- Electrical properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs)

- sp² and sp³ structure in carbon materials

- Diamond like carbon (DLC) coating properties

- Defect/disorder analysis in carbon materials

- Diamond quality and provenance

- Characterisation of intrinsic stress/strain

- Purity

- Alloy composition

- Superlattice structure

- Defect analysis

- Powder content and purity

- Raw material verification

- Crystallinity

- In vivo analysis and skin depth profiling

Applications

- Carbon Materials (especially CNTs)

- solid-state physics

- Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetics

- Geology and Mineralogy

- Semiconductors

- Life Sciences

Contact:

SPECTROSCOPY LAB