Applications

Rigaku Analytical Devices has published a new application report describing the use of handheld 1064 nm Raman analysers for a variety of applications involved in the manufacture and testing of hand sanitiser.

This application note uses Raman spectroscopy to investigate three polymers, polyethylene (PE), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and nylon-6.

Robust and reliable analytical methods are essential in the food industry to ensure that products are sold free of adulteration and safe for human consumption.

The size aggregation of nanoparticles are studied in this application note for the optimisation of SERS for glucose sensing.

For certain molecules and samples, “normal” Raman spectroscopic data can be enhanced by controlling the polarisation of light exciting the sample, and of light scattering from it.

In this article, three real-life Raman quantitative and semi-quantitative analysis applications are discussed. These applications showcase the versatility of Raman spectroscopy and the potential impact that it can make in various industries.

The inability to have children can cause great heartache for many couples, with infertility affecting at least one-in-six couples in Britain and one-in-eight in the United States. The most common cause is male infertility, usually characterised by sperm with little or no mobility. One treatment commonly used in these cases is in vitro fertilisation (IVF). This involves injecting sperm into the egg in a laboratory.