Podcasts

In this episode, Damon Strom from WITec’s marketing department, recounts how alphaCART, their portable, research-grade Raman system, joined the alpha300 line of production instruments. Listen to the podcast for a rare glimpse into the development process at Raman microscopy’s most innovative shop.

Bruker’s Surface Sensitive AFM-IR technology provides high-resolution surface sensitivity, reducing chemical probing depth to under 30 nanometers.

Purity is often viewed through the lens of the application or the chemist using a material. One level of purity can be good for a specific application and fail in another situation, making it a very relative benchmark. In this paper, we will discuss the importance of defining purity, impurities, and the situations in which high-purity inorganic raw materials are essential for analytical success.

As the threat of the opioid epidemic evolves and public health is put at risk, technology is an invaluable resource. Fortunately, libraries for handheld Raman spectroscopy can optimize the identification of bulk and near-bulk fentanyl.

For over a decade, Senior Product Scientist Derek Guenther has developed, tested and utilized Ocean Optics spectrometers for applications from reflectance of spacecraft metals to catching counterfeit Nike Air Jordans. In this episode, Derek shares insights on recent application challenges and the tools and techniques to take them on.

Dr. Derek Nowak discusses PiFM, an AFM-IR-based technique, to explain how IR spectroscopy and imaging can be extended to the nanoscale. With sub 5 nm lateral resolution and single-molecule-level sensitivity, PiFM opens up a wide variety of research avenues ranging from exploring nano-crystallin structures for drug delivery to process/failure analysis in semiconductor nanofabrication.

Alexander Beaton, a Senior Scientist at LightMachinery, joins us to talk about HyperFine virtually imaged phase array based picometer resolution spectrometers. Applications including laser characterization, plasma studies, and Brillouin measurements for biological applications will be discussed.

In this podcast, Dr. Adam J. Hopkins and Dr. Max Ma share their perspectives on key things to look for when deciding on a Raman spectrometer. They explore how the Raman system configuration is determined by what needs to be measured, where, and when.