
Raman Spectroscopy
What are the most common applications of Raman spectroscopy?
Raman spectroscopy is used in many varied fields – in fact, any application where non-destructive, microscopic, chemical analysis and imaging is required. Whether the goal is qualitative or quantitative data, Raman analysis can provide key information easily and quickly. It can be used to rapidly characterise the chemical composition and structure of a sample, whether solid, liquid, gas, gel, slurry or powder.
The discussion below highlights some key areas where the use of Raman is well established, and its value greatly appreciated. For more detail, and information about other uses of Raman please see our Raman applications section.
- Compound distribution in tablets
- Blend uniformity
- High throughput screening
- API concentration
- Powder content and purity
- Raw material verification
- Polymorphic forms
- Crystallinity
- Contaminant identification
- Combinatorial chemistry
- In vivo analysis and skin depth profiling
- Peak fitting of the D and G bands in a DLC spectrum
- Single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs)
- Purity of carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
- Electrical properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
- sp2 and sp3 structure in carbon materials
- Hard disk drives
- Diamond like carbon (DLC) coating properties
- Defect/disorder analysis in carbon materials
- Diamond quality and provenance
- Bio-compatibility
- DNA/RNA analysis
- Drug/cell interactions
- Photodynamic therapy (PDT)
- Metabolic accretions
- Disease diagnosis
- Single cell analysis
- Cell sorting
- Characterisation of bio-molecules
- Bone structure