Confocal Raman Microscope

Instrument :WITec alpha 300 R confocal Raman microscope (CRM) equipped with motorized XYZ stage for large area, 3D acquisition, two excitation laser wavelengths (785 and 532 nm) and 10x to 100x objectives. Maximum XY resolution 300 nm, Z resolution 500 nm. Access to BioRad KnowItAll Raman database. For details visit the WITec and BioRad webpages.

Location : Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering, Suite 060, 2 East Alumni Avenue, Kingston, RI 02881.

Instrument Manager : Matthew Cabral [Email: matthew.cabral@uri.edu]. Contact engimg@etal.uri.edu for instrument reservation.

This page and the RIN2-CRM policy should be reviewed completely before requesting an appointment. Contact engimg@etal.uri.edu for instrument reservation.

WITec alpha 300R confocal Raman microscope. Courtesy of Brian Sheetz

The use of the facility must be acknowledged in any publications by including the following text in the Acknowledgements section: “The Raman data was acquired at the RI Consortium for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, a URI College of Engineering core facility partially funded by the National Science Foundation EPSCoR, Cooperative Agreement #OIA-1655221. The confocal Raman microscope was funded by the National Science Foundation EPSCoR, Cooperative Agreement #OIA-1655221”