Polystyrene as a Reference Material for Raman Spectroscopy

2024-06-13T09:02:44+00:0019 March, 2024|

Polystyrene as a Reference Material for Raman Spectroscopy by Dr Enrique Lozano What is Polystyrene?   Polystyrene is a very accessible and commonly used synthetic polymer made from monomers of the aromatic hydrocarbon styrene. It can be solid or foamed. General-purpose polystyrene is clear, hard, and brittle. It is [...]

Calcite as a Reference Material for Raman Spectroscopy

2024-04-26T15:42:07+00:0020 February, 2024|

Calcite as a Reference Material for Raman Spectroscopy by Dr Enrique Lozano Overview   Calcite is a calcium carbonate mineral. It is the most stable of the three crystalline known polymorphic forms of anhydrous calcium carbonate (CaCO3), with a trigonal rhombohedral crystal structure. The other two are Aragonite and [...]

Silicon as a Reference Material for Raman Spectroscopy: Advantages and Challenges

2024-01-25T11:38:35+00:0023 January, 2024|

Silicon as a Reference Material for Raman Spectroscopy: Advantages and Challenges by Dr Enrique Lozano Overview   Raman spectroscopy is a powerful analytical technique used to study vibrational, rotational, and other low-frequency modes in a material. To ensure accuracy and reliability in Raman spectroscopy measurements, reference materials are crucial. [...]

Raman systems and the eternal problem of fluorescence

2024-02-20T12:29:26+00:0026 September, 2023|

Raman systems and the eternal problem of fluorescence by Dr Enrique Lozano & Dr Yaroslav Aulin Overview In the field of spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy to be precise, the perpetual element that seems to find its way into every Raman related conversation is fluorescence, code name: "Raman's natural enemy". When [...]

How Raman spectroscopy practices ensure good data? – CHARISMA Webinar

2024-01-26T11:14:08+00:0020 May, 2022|

Our Lead Scientist, Dr James Thomson has recently met with the Raman spectroscopy audience to discuss how Raman spectroscopy practices ensure good data. Here you can view the recording of the live webinar hosted by Yordas Group and Dr James Thomson on the 25th of March 2022. The webinar provides Raman operators with guidance [...]

Calibration and Validation of Raman Instruments

2024-04-10T12:17:08+00:001 February, 2022|

Calibration and Validation of Raman Instruments What does it mean, and do I have to? Overview   Within our series of papers on harmonisation in Raman spectroscopy, we continue to describe how the calibration and validation of Raman data is achieved. Raman Spectroscopy is a very powerful technique for [...]

The Need of Harmonisation in Raman Spectroscopy?

2024-01-26T11:17:43+00:004 January, 2022|

The Need of Harmonisation in Raman Spectroscopy? CHARISMA - a European initiative to normalise industrial use of Raman - by Dr Enrique Lozano Overview   Raman spectroscopy is a technique that involves scattering of monochromatic light, first observed by Sir C.V. Raman (i), after whom this technique is named. [...]

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