Confocal Raman Microscopes

Confocal Raman Microscopes Offerings

• Confotec® NR500: High-precision, fully automated 3D scanning laser confocal Raman microscope with an integrated spectrometer for rapid, non-destructive analysis of micro-objects and nanostructures.  System may be configured with up to 5 lasers.
• Confotec® MR series: Compact 3D scanning laser Raman confocal microscopes-spectrometers—MR350, MR520, and MR750—designed for high-end micro-spectroscopic measurements. Each model features five configuration options.
• Confotec® MR200: Compact, cost-effective, fully automated 3D scanning Raman microscope with a true confocal optical layout and switchable diaphragms for high-resolution spectral analysis of microparticles and Raman imaging of macro-objects.
• Confotec® CARS: Multifunctional 3D scanning laser microscope-spectrometer combining CARS, Raman/luminescent, and conventional confocal microscopy. Delivers high resolution and speed for real-time, noninvasive analysis of biological samples.
• Confotec® Duo: Compact confocal Raman microscope with dual lasers (532 nm and 785 nm), telescopes, and a dual-channel imaging spectrometer. It provides convenient, rapid measurements of complex samples with enhanced spatial resolution using Raman scattering.
• Confotec® Uno: Compact confocal Raman microscope with an optional built-in laser (532 nm or 785 nm), telescope, and single-channel imaging spectrometer on a 120-mm vertical optical platform. It features a 4096-pixel linear CCD detector for high-resolution spectra and efficient light collection.

Advantages of Raman Confocal Microscopy

Confocal Raman microscopy provides a number of advantages over similar techniques for analyzing samples, incliuding:

• 3D imaging abilities: 3D abilities facilitate better depth profiling in all three axes. Different depths, angles, and layers can be studied by changing the focal plane. This is especially applicable for heterogenous materials, odd-shape objects with thickness variations, and so on.
• Unique chemical identification of material: Raman Microscopy can often provide the unique identification of a pure material.
• Requires no sample preparation: In most cases, samples can be measured with no special sample preparation
• Non- -destructive analysis: Raman spectroscopy is often non-destructive.  A sample may be measured with Raman and then another analytical technique may be used for characterization.

Applications of Confocal Raman Microscopy

Some typical application areas of Raman microscopy.

• Material Science: Confocal Raman microscopy is used in this segment to determine the chemical structure of materials used in semiconductors, films, and so on.
• Polymers: Structures of polymers, coating materials, thin films, and more is studied using a confocal Raman microscope.
• Organic Chemistry: Various chemical structures and their reactions with other compounds can be studied using a confocal Raman microscope.
• Forensics: A confocal Raman microscope is used to study structures of unidentified toxic or explosive materials, glass, fiber, narcotic substances, and more.
• Pharmaceutical: A confocal Raman microscope is used to study structures of drug ingredients and raw materials which helps in their appropriate distribution in a drug.

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