Wizards Set-up Guides Measurement Parameters

Results-oriented hardware and software advancements in Raman imaging and SPM innovation were the focus of WITec’s booth, with the company presenting its Suite FIVE operating concept which provides intuitive and sophisticated control of measurements, guided by new software wizards, from initial setup through data post-processing and correlation. Included with Suite FIVE is WITec’s novel TrueComponent Analysis. This data-processing function expedites the identification and location of chemical components in a sample.

Also on display was the next generation TrueSurface optical profilometer. The combination of surface analysis and Raman spectral acquisition enables topographic Raman imaging on rough and uneven samples. One-pass simultaneous operation makes 3D Raman chemical characterisation easier and faster than ever before.

“WITec established Raman topographic imaging with TrueSurface. We then continued to innovate, leveraging the inherent strengths of our systems,” says Dr. Olaf Hollricher, Managing Director of R&D at WITec. “The overwhelmingly positive feedback from our customers confirms that chemical 3D surface analysis with TrueSurface is a successful concept with an enthusiastic following in academia and industry.”

With the TrueSurface option, Raman spectra are acquired from precisely along a surface, or at a set, user-defined distance from a surface. This makes the distribution of chemical components within the sample visible in three dimensions. Rough, inclined or irregularly-shaped samples can be investigated with the same ease as standard samples. The requirements of sample preparation can therefore be drastically reduced.