Confocal Raman Microscopy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. High-Resolution Optical and Confocal Microscopy

   • Olaf Hollricher, Wolfram Ibach

   Pages 1-20

3. Introduction to the Fundamentals of Raman Spectroscopy

   • Benjamin Dietzek, Dana Cialla, Michael Schmitt, Jürgen Popp

   Pages 21-42

4. Raman Instrumentation for Confocal Raman Microscopy

   • Olaf Hollricher

   Pages 43-60

5. Software Requirements and Data Analysis in Confocal Raman Microscopy

   • Thomas Dieing, Wolfram Ibach

   Pages 61-89

6. Nano-spectroscopy of Individual Carbon Nanotubes and Isolated Graphene Sheets

   • Alain Jungen

   Pages 91-109

7. Raman Spectroscopy and Confocal Raman Imaging in Mineralogy and Petrography

   • Marc Fries, Andrew Steele

   Pages 111-135

8. Raman Micro-spectral Imaging of Cells and Intracellular Drug Delivery Using Nanocarrier Systems

   • Christian Matthäus, Tatyana Chernenko, Luis Quintero, Miloš Miljković, Lara Milane, Amit Kale et al.

   Pages 137-163

9. Confocal Raman Microscopy in Pharmaceutical Development

   • Thomas F. Haefele, Kurt Paulus

   Pages 165-202

10. Characterization of Therapeutic Coatings on Medical Devices

    • Klaus Wormuth

    Pages 203-223

11. Raman Imaging of Plant Cell Walls

    • Notburga Gierlinger

    Pages 225-236

12. Confocal Raman Imaging of Polymeric Materials

    • Ute Schmidt, Jörg Müller, Joachim Koenen

    Pages 237-258

13. Stress Analysis by Means of Raman Microscopy

    • Thomas Wermelinger, Ralph Spolenak

    Pages 259-278

14. Back Matter

    Pages 279-289

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Confocal Raman Microscopy is a relatively new technique that allows chemical imaging without specific sample preparation. By integrating a sensitive Raman spectrometer within a state-of-the-art microscope, Raman microscopy with a spatial resolution down to 200nm laterally and 500nm vertically can be achieved using visible light excitation. Recent developments in detector and computer technology as well as optimized instrument design have reduced integration times of Raman spectra by orders of magnitude, so that complete images consisting of tens of thousands of Raman spectra can be acquired in seconds or minutes rather than hours, which used to be standard just one decade ago. The purpose of this book is to provide the reader a comprehensive overview of the rapidly developing field of Confocal Raman Microscopy and its applications.

• Confocal
• Microscopy
• Raman
• Spectroscopy imaging

• Instrumente und Technologie GmbH (WITec), Wissenschaftliche, Ulm, Germany

  Thomas Dieing, Olaf Hollricher, Jan Toporski

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