Rapid, High-Resolution Raman Imaging of Pharmaceutical, Biological, and Other Materials with the Thermo Scientific DXRxi

Raman spectroscopy is a facile method that can be used to analyze a wide variety of samples, such as materials pertaining to life sciences and healthcare, like pharmaceuticals and biological materials, to high technology nanomaterials such as graphene and carbon nanotubes. Many analytical challenges exist when analyzing the aforementioned samples, such as a requirement for high spatial resolution, difficult and time-consuming sample preparation, as well as the need for rapid answers. Raman spectroscopy, and specifically Raman spectroscopic imaging, offers high resolution, on the order of 1 μm or better, minimal sample preparation is required to obtain a Raman spectrum, and Raman spectroscopy can differentiate between compounds on a molecular level that would be indistinguishable on an atomic level. The research presented herein utilizes the Thermo ScientificTM DXRTMxi Raman imaging microscope to analyze these types of pharmaceutical sample, biological materials, and more.