Application articles
Low frequency Raman spectroscopy
SOL instruments has implemented OptiGrate’s BragGrate™ Notch Filters (BNFs) in the Confotec® NR500 microscope allowing measurements of low frequency Raman spectra (below 50 1/cm). Low frequency Raman spectroscopy provides…
15 April 2020
The use of Raman confocal methods for depth analysis of multilayer polymer films
Polymer multilayer films play an increasingly important role. Confocal Raman microscopy is well suited for three-dimensional characterization of polymer films. Such films are used, for example…
11 September 2019
Glassfiber code
In Polotsk-Fiberglass OJSC a branch laboratory of glass and fibrous materials was opened, equipped with a laser elemental analyzer LEА-S500 manufactured by SOL instruments Ltd. The unique scientific equipment which the laboratory is…
10 July 2019
LEA-S500 elemental analyzer for determination of microelements in hair of a human body
Hair elements’ analysis is the perfect tool for clinical screening and diagnostics, used for detection of critically important microelements and macro-elements contained in a human body as well as for…
28 March 2018
Materials of the “SOL Instruments” workshop on Raman spectroscopy
Materials of the two-days theoretical and practical workshop “Modern Raman spectroscopy. Confocal Raman microscopes Confotec”, conducted by SOL instruments, in PDF format: Russian and English.
19 – 20 October 2017
SOL instruments publications and presentations from international conferences 2016
We are pleased to present scientific articles and presentations by leading specialists of our company from international conferences 2016, as well as publications of SOL instruments equipment users.
20 October 2016
Gemstone Identification by Raman spectroscopy
This application note describes the use of confocal Raman spectroscopy for the identification of authentic materials on the gem market. An extensive variety of gem materials are available in the jewelry marketplace at present. However, in some cases…
18 June 2015
Application of Raman spectroscopy to silicon stress measurements in microelectronics
Local mechanical stress in silicon structures is an important topic in microelectronics technology. Raman spectroscopy has become very popular for stress measurements in semiconductors, because…
14 January 2015
LEA-S500 elemental analyzer for analysis of hair
Determination of concentration of both vital and toxic elements in hair allows to diagnose mineral exchange violations, to reveal necessary and toxic microelements ratio in a human body, to establish the hidden reasons of diseases, influence of…
22 May 2014
Raman spectroscopy of graphene layers
Graphene has a number of unique properties (hardness, significant thermal and electrical conductivity, optical transparency, chemical stability), which makes it interesting for many applications. Raman spectroscopy and microscopy are good…
11 March 2013
Characterization of diamond coated tools by photoluminescence and Raman spectroscopy
To improve the performance of diamond coated tools, sample analysis methods with high spatial resolution are required. Raman spectroscopy and photoluminescence spectroscopy are good for…
2 December 2013
Analysis of pharmaceutical tablets and drugs by Raman spectroscopy
Raman confocal microscopy is widely used in pharmaceutics. Such technique allows to identify chemical compounds and molecular conformers in various drugs. Measuring the distribution of the…
22 November 2013
Polycrystalline silicon solar cell inspection using confocal Raman microscopy
To convert the energy of sunlight directly into electricity, silicon solar cells (crystalline or polycrystalline) are widely used, because silicon technology is dominated in the market due to…
22 November 2013
One more possible application of LEA-S500
The technique developed by the specialists of SOL instruments allows to carry out measurements of 22 elements in dry plant materials: dry leaves, fodder, mixed fodder, dry biofuel, vegetable crops, vitamin-mineral complexes and many other objects.
3 October 2013
Unknown Fast mapping
In Confotec® NR500 system we apply two modes for Raman imaging. Alongside with CCD detection mode we apply the mode in which PMT is a receiver and the scanning is realized with galvanic mirrors at a fixed sample. We call this mode Fast mapping…
4 September 2013
Publications
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V. Kopachevsky, S. Shashkov, Ph.D., A. Gvozdev, A. Grigorenko, A. Andriyash. Raman Confocal Microscopy with the highest spatial resolution. ICONO/LAT conference, Minsk, Belarus, 2016.
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V. Kopachevsky, S. Shashkov, Ph.D., A. Grigorenko, A. Gvozdev. Confocal Raman Microscopy for noncontact and nondestructive characterization of carbon fibers. DPG Spring Meeting in Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, 2016.
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Mr. S. Shashkov, Ph.D., Senior Research Engineer, SOL instruments Ltd. Raman Microscopy on semiconductors with high spatial resolution. XX International Symposium «Nanophysics and Nanoelectronics”, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 2016.
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Mr. S. Shashkov, Ph.D., Senior Research Engineer, SOL instruments Ltd. Confotec® 3D Scanning Confocal Microscopes: Latest Technologies and Applications. SOL instruments® Seminar on “Raman Spectroscopy 2015”, Minsk, Belarus.
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S. Shashkov. Raman Spectroscopy: a non-destructive, non-contact and simple technique to characterize carbon materials. Workshop “Modern nuclear-physical methods of research in condensed matter physics 2015”, BSU, Minsk, Belarus.
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V. Kopachevsky, A. Grigorenko, A. Gvozdev, S. Shashkov. Ultrafast confocal Raman and Rayleigh imaging. Abstracts Poster 8th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY 2015 (ICAVS-8), Vienna, Austria, p. 6-7.
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V. Kopachevsky, S. Shashkov, A. Gvozdev SOL instruments, V. Smirnov OptiGrate, Ultralow Frequency Raman Spectroscopy with the use of Confocal Raman Microscopes Confotec™, Analitika, № 2, 2015.
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V. Kopachevsky, S. Shashkov, A. Gvozdev. Confotec series Raman confocal microscopes – reliable equipment for scientific research and industry, Analitika, № 1, 2014.
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Kseniya Girel, Ekaterina Yantcevich, Grigory Arzymanyan, Nelly Doroshkevich, Hanna Bandarenka. Detection of DNA molecules by SERS spectroscopy with silvered porous silicon as an active substrate, Phys. Status Solidi A, 1-5 (2016).
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Grigory M. Arzumanyan*†‡, Nelya V. Doroshkevich†, Kahramon Z. Mamatkulov†, Sergey N. Shashkov§, Egor V. Zinovev⊥, Alexey V. Vlasov⊥, Ekaterina S. Round⊥∥∇, and Valentin I. Gordeliy*⊥∥∇
† Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
‡ Dubna State University, 19 Universitetskaya st., Dubna 141982, Russia
§ SOL Instruments, 220005 BY P.O. Box 235, Minsk, Republic of Belarus
⊥ Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141700 Dolgoprudny, Moscow reg., Russia
∥ Institut de Biologie Structurale J.-P. Ebel, Université Grenoble Alpes-CEA-CNRS, F-38000 Grenoble, France
∇ Institute of Complex Systems: Structural Biochemistry (ICS-6), Research Centre Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
Highly Sensitive Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Imaging of Protein Crystals, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138 (41), pp 13457–13460
BIOMEMBRANES 2016: Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases.International Conference. 26.09.2016–30.09.2016: Book of Abstracts. Dolgoprudny: MIPT, 2016. –Highly sensitive coherent anti-stokes raman scattering imaging of protein crystals Arzumanyan G.M., Doroshkevich N.V., Mamatkulov K.Z., Shashkov S.N., Zinovev E.V., Vlasov A.V., Round E.S., Gordeliy V.I., page 175.
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H. Bandarenka, K. Girel, V. Bondarenko (Laboratory of Materials and Structures of Nanoelectronics, BSUIR), A. Panarin, S. Terekhov (Stepanov Institute Natioanl Academy of Science), V. Kopachevsky, S. Shahkov (SOL instruments). Porous silicon templating of metal nanostructures: an approach to stable and ultrasensitive SERS substrates, E-MRS Fall Meeting 2016, Warsaw, Poland, 2016.
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Dr. G. Arzumanyan. Head of Department of Raman Spectroscopy (Centre “Nanobiophotonics”), Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, International Intergovernmental Organization, JINR, Dubna, Russia. Multimodal Optical Platform for Condensed Matter Studies. SOL instruments® Seminar on “Raman Spectroscopy 2015”, Minsk, Belarus.
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Dr. H. Bondarenko. Senior Research Scientist, R&D Department, Associate Prof., Micro- and Nanoelectronics Department, Belarussian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics. Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS). Seminar on “Raman Spectroscopy 2015”, Minsk, Belarus.
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Arzumanyan Grigory, Vartic Victoria, Kuklin Alexander, Soloviov Dmitry, Rachkovskaya Galina, Zacharevich Galina, Trusova Ekaterina, Skoptsov Nikolay, Yumashev Konstantin. Upconversion Luminescence of Er3+ and Co-Doped Er3+/Yb3+ Novel Transparent Oxyfluoride Glasses and Glass Ceramics: Spectral and Structural Properties. JPSA 4 (3) (2014) 150-158.
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David Barba, François Martin, Kamel Tagziria, Mischa Nicklaus, Émile Haddad, Federico Rosei, Andreas Ruediger. Photoluminescence mapping of oxygen-defect emission for nanoscale spatial characterization of fiber Bragg gratings, Journal of Applied Physics 116, 064906 (2014).
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A. V. Kachynski, A. Pliss, A.N. Kuzmin, T.Y. Ohulchanskyy, A. baev, J. Qu, P. Prasad. Photodynamic therapy by in situ nonlinear photon conversion, Nature Photonics 8, 455–461 (2014).
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A. Anspoks, A. Kalinko, J. Timoshenko, A. Kuzmin. Local structure relaxation in nanosized tungstates, Solid State Communications 183 (2014) 22-26.
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J. Jankovskis, N. Ponomarenko, N. Mironova-Ulmane, D. Jakovlevs. Dimensional effects of sample geometry and microstructure of MnZn and NiZn ferrites, Materials Science and Engineering 38 (2012) 012018.
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S. V. Green, A. Kuzmin, J. Purans, C.G. Granqvist, G.A. Niklasson. Structure and composition of sputter-deposited nickeltungsten oxide films, Thin Solid Films, 2011, Vol. 519, Issue 7: 2062-2066.
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N. Mironova-Ulmane, A. Kuzmin, I. Sildos, M. Pärs. Polarisation dependent Raman study of single-crystal nickel oxide, Cent. Eur. J. Phys 9(4), 2011, 1096-1099.
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C. Lenser, A. Kalinko, A. Kuzmin, D. Berzins, J. Purans, K. Szot, R. Waser, R. Dittmann. Spectroscopic study of the electric field induced valence change of Fe-defect centers in SrTiO3, Phys. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 20779-20786.
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N. Mironova-Ulmane, A. Kuzmin, T. Dizhbite, I. Sildos, M. Pärs, J. Grabis. Magnons and phonons excitations in nanosized NiO. Oxide materials for electronic engineering – fabrication, properties and application: book of abstracts. International Scientific Workshop, June 22-26, 2009, Lviv, Ukraine / Lviv Polytechnic National University – Lviv, 2009. – 218 p. – p. 127.
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A. Pavlova, N. Mironova-Ulmane, L. Berzina-Cimdina, Janis Locs. MICRO-RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY OF TiO2. Actual Problems of Solid State Physics, International Scientific Conference, October 20―23 / 2009, Minsk, vol. 3 p. 90-92.
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B. Polyakov, A. Petruhins, J. Butikova, A. Kuzmin, I. Tale. Some aspects of pulsed laser deposition of Si nanocrystalline films, Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 48, 20502, 2009.
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B. Polyakov, G. Marcins, M. Chubarov, A. Kuzmin, V. Klykov, I. Tale. PATTERNED LASER CRYSTALLIZATION OF a-Si, LATVIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND TECHNICAL SCIENCES 2009, N 3.
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N. Mironova-Ulmane, A. Kuzmin, M. Grube. Raman and infrared spectromicroscopy of manganese oxides, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 480 (2009) 97-99.
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A. Kalinko, A. Kuzmin. Raman and photoluminescence spectroscopy of zinc tungstate powders, Journal of Luminescence 129 (2009) 1144-1147.
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Aliaksandr V. Kachynski, Andrey N. Kuzmin, Paras N. Prasad, Ivan I. Smalyukh. Realignment-enhanced coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) and three-dimensional imaging in anisotropic fluids. Optics Express, 2008, V. 16, No.14, 10617-10632.
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Kudryashov, S. Shashkov, D. Derevyanchuk, N. Nagasawa, E. Sato, Kenji Tochigi. Apertureless near-field Raman confocal microscope for silicon device device structures, Proceeding of the XXI-st International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy, 17-22 August 2008 , London, UK, p. 224-225.
A. V. Kachynski, A. N. Kuzmin, P. N. Prasad. Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering polarized microscopy of three-dimensional director structures in liquid crystals, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 91, 151905 (2007) 53.
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G. Chikvaidze, J. Gabrusenoks, J. Kleperis, G. Vaivars. Application of micro Raman spectroscopy to industrial FC membranes, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 93 (2007) 012026.
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A. Kuzmin, R. Kalendarev, A. Kursitis, J. Purans. Confocal Spectromicroscopy of Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Tungsten Oxide Films, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 353(2007) 1840-1843.
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A. Kuzmin, R. Kalendarev, A. Kursitis, J. Purans. CONFOCAL SPECTROMICROSCOPY OF MICRO AND NANO-STRUCTURED MATERIALS, Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, the 2nd Latvian Conference Functional Materials and Nanotechnologies, Riga, March 27-28, 2006.
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A. Kuzmin, R. Kalendarev, A. Kursitis, J. Purans. Confocal Spectromicroscopy of Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Tungsten Oxide Films, Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, the 10th International Conference on the Structure of Non-Crystalline Materials (NCM10), Praha, September 18-22, 2006
Poborchii, V. Tada, T. Kanayama, T. High-spatial-resolution Raman microscopy of stress in shallow-trench-isolated Si structures (3 pages). APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 2006, VOL 89; NUMB 23, pages 233-505.
Vladimir Poborchii, Tetsuya Tada, Toshihiko Kanayama, Igor Kudryashov, Sergej Shashkov, Dmitry Derevyanchuk, Noriyuki Konishi, Yasushi Morihira, Kenji Tochigi. UV Raman/AFM System for Stress Study in Si Device Structures, International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy, 20-25 August 2006 Yokohama Japan, p. 105
A.V. Kachynski, A.N. Kuzmin, H.E. Pudavar, P.N. Prasada. Three-dimensional confocal thermal imaging using anti-Stokes luminescence, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 87, 023901 (2005).
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I. Kudryashov, P. Rutkovski, S. Suruga. Advanced 3-D confocal microscope for Raman imaging spectroscopy, Lecture Summary Book of 2002 Spring Conference Research Group Symposium: Front line of micro-vibrational spectroscopy, 2002, May 16-17. Pp. 47-53.
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I. Kudryashov, A. Gvozdev, V. Zhizhimontov, A. Volkov, E. Vanagas, S. Juodkazis, H. Misawa. Three-dimensional mapping of photoluminescence and Raman spectra. Proc. 25-th ICPS, Osaka 2000 (Eds. N. Miura and T. Ando), pp. 1751-1752.
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V. Kopachevsky, V. Boikov, M. Krivosheeva, L. Bobrova, G. Astrovskaya. Laser Elemental Analysis (LIBS) is a Unique Innovative Technique of Chemical Composition Determination in Substances and Materials. Contributed Papers, VIII International Conference PLASMA PHYSICS AND PLASMA TECHNOLOGY (PPPT-8, 2015), vol. 1, p. 113-116.
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V.D. Kapacheuski, L.A. Bobrova, M.A. Krivosheeva. LEA-S500 Elemental Analyzer for Analysis of Hair. 8 th LIBS 8-12 September 2014, Abstract – P-081, p. 214-215.
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V.D. Kapacheuski, U.N. Baikou. LIBS Analysis of Glass Content, including Light Elements Li, Be, B. 8th LIBS 8-12 September 2014, Abstract – P-084, p. 220.
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V.D. Kapacheuski, D.V. Klemiata, U.N. Baikou, M.A. Krivosheeva, L.A. Bobrova. Laser Indused Breakdown Spectroscopy Applications in Glass Industry: Rapid and High-Performance Analysis of Chemical Composition of Silicate, Germanium, Phospate Glasses and Glass Components, 6th EMSLIBS 11-15 September 2011, Poster – 108, p. 102.
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V.D. Kapacheuski, D.V. Klemiata, U.N. Baikou, M.A. Krivosheeva, L.A. Bobrova. Chemical Analysis of Potassium Chloride by Double Pulse Laser Indused Breakdown Spectroscopy using LEA S500 Elemental Analyzer, EMSLIBS 2011, Poster – 108, p. 194.
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M., Kratochvíl T., Čapek L., Smoláková L., Černohorský T., Krejčová A., Hromádko L. Quantitative LIBS analysis of vanadium in samples of hexagonal mesoporous silica catalysts, Talanta 83 (5), 1659-1664 (2011).
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Pouzar M., Černohorský T., Průšová M., Prokopčáková P., Krejčová A. LIBS analysis of crop plants, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 24 (7), 953-957 (2009).
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Pouzar M., Průšová M., Prokopčáková P., Černohorský T., Wiener J., Krejčová A. LIBS analysis of chromium in samples of dyed wool fabric, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 24, 685-688 (2009).
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V. Kopachevskiy, SOL Instruments Ltd., A. Shabusov, S. Bril, JV Proscan Special Instruments Ltd. ESCORT SM OEM spectrophotometer: High-precision control and optimization of thin-film optical coatings deposition process, Analitika № 2, 2014.
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