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Raman imaging has long been used to probe the chemical nature of a sample, providing information on molecular orientation, symmetry and structure with sub-micron spatial resolution. Recent technical developments have pushed the limits of micro-Raman microscopy, enabling the acquisition of Raman spectra with unprecedented speed, and opening a pathway to fast chemical imaging for many applications from material science and semiconductors to pharmaceutical drug development and cell biology, and even art and forensic science. The promise of tip-enhanced raman spectroscopy (TERS) and near-field techniques is pushing the envelope even further by breaking the limit of diffraction and enabling nano-Raman microscopy.
List of contents
Instrumentation:.- Theory and instrumentation.- Imaging modes.- Micro-Raman Applications:.- Raman imaging in Semiconductor Physics and its application in Microelectronics.- Raman optimization of the properties of nano-phased materials.- Raman Imaging of meso- and nano-strutured materials.- Application of Raman-based images in the Earth sciences.- Uses of Raman Mapping and Imaging in Pharmaceutical Forensics.- Raman Microscopy: A Versatile Approach to Bio-imaging.- Mapping chemical and structural composition of biological and pharmaceutical samples by Raman and Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy.- Morphology and Chemical Structure: Agricultural Applications.- Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy:.- From stress and dopant distribution mappings in solar cells to applications of the surface enhanced Raman effect.- Tip-enhanced Raman and photoluminescence of nanotubes.- CARS spectroscopy, implementation to far-field and near-filed microscopy and applications.
About the author
1999-2004 PhD in Optics from the School of Optics/CREOL at the University of Central Florida, USA. Thesis on structural changes in laser-modified materials (publications available upon request)
2004-2006 Invited Researcher at the Australian National University (Australia) and at Osaka University (Japan) (Post-doctoral Fellowship)
2006-present Technical Sales Engineer at HORIBA Jobin Yvon (world-leading manufacturer of Raman systems)
Summary
Raman imaging has long been used to probe the chemical nature of a sample, providing information on molecular orientation, symmetry and structure with sub-micron spatial resolution. Recent technical developments have pushed the limits of micro-Raman microscopy, enabling the acquisition of Raman spectra with unprecedented speed, and opening a pathway to fast chemical imaging for many applications from material science and semiconductors to pharmaceutical drug development and cell biology, and even art and forensic science. The promise of tip-enhanced raman spectroscopy (TERS) and near-field techniques is pushing the envelope even further by breaking the limit of diffraction and enabling nano-Raman microscopy.
