This simple point-and-shoot Raman Microscope provides faster access to Raman data. The Thermo Scientific™ DXR3 Raman Microscope has DynaCal Automatic X-axis Calibration, eliminating manual calibration and providing fast visual information with 3D Visualization Software.
The DXR3 Raman Microscope is ideal for various applications, including academic, pharmaceutical, microplastics, innovative polymers, and many more, thanks to its versatility and speed provided by the new grating and lasers.
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Capabilities
- Auto alignment and calibration deliver scientifically accurate results without manual procedures or tools.
- Three-path fine beam auto-alignment ensures optimal performance and sample integrity.
- Lasers and other components can be interchanged and shared amongst all instruments in the DXR3 Raman family.
- Laser power regulation ensures consistent sample excitation across the lifespan of the laser.
- Add new wavelengths without using tools or having a service engineer visit
- New 3D Advanced Visualization Software for fast visual information
- New, Particle Analysis for rapidly recognizing and studying microparticles
- High-performance confocal Raman microscope in an integrated and sturdy design
- Automated fluorescence correction, real-time preview, automatic exposure, and cosmic ray rejection
- The system status indicator informs the user at a glance that the system is optimized and prepared to collect data
- Lock-in-place and pre-aligned components utilize automatic identification and stored alignment, allowing any operator to reconfigure an instrument in seconds
- Advanced spectrograph design with no moving components simplifies utilization and strengthens the detecting system and calibration
- Optional, automated polarized Raman capabilities provide structural information to supplement chemical information
Validation
- Omnic D/S software ensures CFR 21 part 11 compliance
- A comprehensive package for DQ/IQ/OQ/PQ validation is available, which includes automated software protocols and thorough documentation
Laser safety
- Physically blocking the laser’s visual viewing path helps shield the eyes from harm while viewing
- The microscope is independently verified as class-1 laser safe. (Note: The optional fiber-optic accessory, as well as several other optional accessories, are class IIIb laser devices that require laser safety eyewear and precautions)
Exceptional performance
- Optimized gratings for each excitation laser to prevent performance tradeoffs in systems that share gratings for multiple excitation lasers
- To minimize stitching artifacts, a single CCD exposure can record the entire spectral range from 3500 to 50 cm-1. The 532 nm laser has an extended spectral range of up to 6000 cm-1
- Spatial resolution has been demonstrated to be as good as 540 nm resolution on ideal samples
- Confocal depth resolution – shown to be as good as 1.7 μm on ideal sample
- Proprietary Triplet spectrographs retain focus at all wavelengths and provide superb peak form
- Lasers are depolarized to minimize misleading sample orientation effects
- Laser Power Regulator provides active monitoring of laser power and maintains reproducible laser excitation power throughout the lifetime of lasers, even after replacing lasers
- Supports numerous excitation lasers. 455 nm, 532 nm (high brightness), 633 nm (high power), and 780 nm
- Multidimensional wavelength calibration ensures precise wavelength calibration across the whole spectral range
- Software-controlled changeover between high-energy and confocal collecting modes
- Proprietary auto-alignment technology guarantees that the system can be maintained in like-new condition
- Proprietary Smart-backgrounds automatically remove CCD dark energy profile
- Automatic fluorescence correction available with all excitation lasers
- Research-quality Olympus viewing optics
- Spectra from various excitation lasers and devices are comparable, thanks to automatic intensity correction
- Artifact-free spectra are guaranteed via a proprietary algorithm for automated cosmic ray rejection and superior laser line filters
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Recommended for
- Art Restoration/Conservation: Identify and characterize varnishes, resins, pigments, and inks
- Gemology: Quickly identify colored stones, characterize internal features and impurities, and differentiate between natural and lab-grown diamonds
- Forensics: Analyze trace evidence and identify illicit drugs
- Academic Research: A valuable tool in biological studies, materials science, and various other applied research areas
- Pharmaceutical: Analyze contaminants, identify polymorphs, and study particulate matter and diffusion processes
- Nanotechnology: Characterize carbon nanotubes (CNTs), diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings, graphene, and other nanostructures
- Archaeology: Characterize artifacts made of shell, bone, horn, and ceramics
- Solar: Analyze silicon crystallinity and characterize photovoltaic materials
- Polymers: Identify inclusions and gel defects, study weathering effects and tie layers in laminates, and analyze crystallinity
- Failure Analysis: Characterize particulate matter and small features found on surfaces
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