Equipment - Vibrational Spectroscopy

Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy

• FTIR spectrometer Thermo Nicolet Nexus 870 for measurements in near- and mid-infrared regions
  • StepScan module for measurements of rapid processes
• FTIR spectrometer Thermo Nicolet 6700 for measurements in near- and mid-infrared regions
  • FTIR microscope Continuum for measurements in transmission and reflection mode (mapping of samples possible) and microATR mode
• accessories to the FTIR spectrometers Thermo Nicolet
  • Golden Gate^TM Heated Diamond ATR Top-Plate, single reflection ATR system, for solid and liquid samples allowing to follow the temperature dependences
  • multiple-reflection ATR accessory, equipped with various ATR crystals (ZnSe, Ge, Si) for measurement of liquids, compressible (soft) powders, films and coated surfaces
  • specular reflection accessories with fixed 45° and variable angle of incidence suitable for measurement of films on reflective surfaces
  • DRIFTS accessory for measurements of solid samples by diffuse reflectance technique
  • Smart SAGA^TM (Specular Apertured Grazing Angle) Accessory for measurement of thin films on reflective surfaces
  • Photoacoustic cell MTEC Model 300 with photoacoustic detector (MTEC Photoacoustics, USA) for measurement of solid (sheet, chunk, pellet, powder, semi-solid) and liquid samples with the possibility of non-destructive depth profiling
  • Electrical Heating Jacket (Specac, UK) with several liquids cell and solids holder for pellets and Si supports
• FTIR spectrometer Bruker IFS55
  • Golden Gate^TM Diamond ATR Top-Plate for solid and liquid samples

Raman spectroscopy

• Raman microspectrometer Renishaw inVia equipped with Leica direct microscope and lasers for excitation in visible (514 nm and 633 nm) and near-infrared region (785 nm)
• Raman microspectrometer Renishaw inVia Qontor equipped with Leica direct microscope and lasers for excitation in visible (488 nm and 532 nm) and near-infrared region (830 nm) with possibility of sample mapping and depth profiling in confocal Raman mode
• accessories to the Raman spectrometers Renishaw
  
  • heating and freezing microscope stage Linkam THMS600 for liquid and solids
  • set for measuring macro samples
• FT Raman module NXR (module to the Thermo Nicolet 6700 spectrometer) equipped with laser for excitation in near-infrared region (Nd:YAG laser 1064 nm)

Other instruments

• Potentiostat BioLogic VSP300 with two channels: one for a low current module and second for an electrochemical impedance spectroscopy