Renishaw InVia Raman spectrophotometer

At the Experimental Techniques Centre, we have a number of techniques and instruments to cater for a wide variety of materials, samples and products.

Complementary to FTIR, our Raman spectrometer is also excellent at identification of bonding and functional groups within samples. However, due to the differences in the fundamental operation of the Raman and FTIR, some bonds can be only be seen by the former, such as carbon to carbon, and some are better observed in the latter, such as polar bonds like O-H. This of course means this instrument is great for the investigation of carbon structures such as graphite, graphene and diamond. As such, the choice between the two techniques very much depends upon what you are looking to investigate in your samples.

Equipped with an optical microscope, the exploration of materials is simple and Raman spectra can easily be obtained of different features in a non-homogeneous sample. In addition, another great feature of our Raman is the automated stage, enabling the mapping of the amount of different functional groups across the surface.

For more information or to discuss your Raman requirements, please contact our Scientific Officer Team at etc@brunel.ac.uk