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10th July 2019 / Glassfiber Code

Polotsk-Fiberglass OJSC has opened a laboratory of glass and fibrous materials equipped with a laser elemental analyzer LEА-S500 learn more

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 learn more

19 – 20th October 2017 / Workshop report “Raman Spectroscopy. Confocal Raman Microscopes Confotec”

SOL instruments has successfully held an annual workshop on "Raman Spectrosсopy". We are pleased to present you all the details of the event learn more

20th October 2016 / SOL instruments publications and presentations from international conferences 2016

We are pleased to present Our scientific articles and presentations from international conferences 2016 and publications of SOL instruments® equipment users learn more

June 18, 2015 / Gemstone Iidentification using Raman Spectroscopy

This application note describes the use of confocal Raman spectroscopy for the identification of authentic materials on the gem market.

January 14, 2015 / Silicon Stress Measurements by Raman Spectroscopy

Local mechanical stress in silicon structures is an important topic of concern in microelectronics technology. Raman spectroscopy is a technique that has become increasingly popular for stress measurements in semiconductors, because ...

May 22, 2014 / LEA-S500 Elemental Analyzer for Analysis of Hair

Determination of concentration of both  vital (essential) 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, the acquired diseases of metabolism, influence of toxins on a human body during a manufacturing process and in everyday life, at criminal poisonings.

March 11, 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.

Desember 02, 2013 / Characterization of diamond coating tools

November 22, 2013 / Analysis of pharmaceutical tablets by Raman spectroscopy

  Raman confocal microscopy is widely used in pharmaceutics.
  Such technique allows identify chemical compounds and molecular conformers in various drugs.
  Measuring the distribution of the ingredients in the tablet is important for monitoring
  the manufacturing process and impurity testing.

November 22, 2013 / Polycrystalline silicon solar cell inspection using confocal Raman microscopy

  Energy from renewable sources, solar energy for example, is expected to play the important role in the near future.
  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 quickly reducing cost.

October 04, 2013 / LEA-S500 One More PossibIe Application

    The technique developed by the specialists of SOL instruments allows to carry out measurements of 22 elements in dry leaves, fodder, mixed fodder,
dry biofuel, vegetable crops, vitamin-mineral complexes and other objects.

September 4, 2013 / Unknown Fast mapping

  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,