Description

HORIBA Scientific recently announced a solution that addresses the challenges of TERS imaging. Tip Enhanced Raman Scattering (TERS) is a technique that provides molecular information on the nanometer scale through the combination between a Raman spectrometer and a Scanning Probe Microscope. TERS has been hampered by extremely long acquisition times, measured in hours, required for collection of reasonably pixel density, and even with the last decade progress, TERS is still seen by the research community as a difficult tool. To some extent, until recently, with older “TERS ready” systems offered, the concerns were fairly valid. HORIBA Scientific and AIST-NT now offer a solution that addresses the instrumentation concerns and bring TERS as an analytical method to a new level. HORIBA Scientific and AIST-NT pioneered the demonstration of TERS in out –of-the –lab conditions for the second year at number of conferences worldwide. The XploRA Nano platform in the upright and side configuration, combination with AIST-NT’s SmartSPM and HORIBA’s XploRA spectrometer, offers a very compact (complete set up stands on 900 x 760 x 55 mm optical table), fully integrated and automated solution. The HORIBA Scientific TERS instrumentation is robust, compact, and easy-to-use. It is currently available for chemical imaging at the nanoscale for real world applications. Horiba Scientific, 3880 Park Avenue, Edison, NJ 08820, Ph: 732-494-8660, www.horiba.com.