In coherent Raman microscopy or microspectroscopy, images are recorded pixel-by-pixel in 5-dimensions: X (µm), Y (µm), Z (µm), Time (s), and Raman shift (cm-1). The XYZT-dimension are relatively simple to…
October 20, 2021
May 17, 2021
After some delay, the installation of the new SNOM instrument has begun at the University of Jyväskylä. The installation is done remotely with the close assistance of Test and Service…
April 27, 2021
The integration of Olympus FV3000 confocal laser scanning microscope with the Newport SF-TRU Timing and Recombination Unit in Helsinki is almost complete and the setup is ready for some test…
February 8, 2021
The main components of the qCSI Helsinki Instrument have finally arrived, and installation is underway. The Fast Multiplex Coherent Raman Imaging setup will be built around Olympus FV3000 confocal laser…
February 1, 2021
The new scanning near-field optical microscope (SNOM) has arrived at the University of Jyväskylä. The microscope is awaiting installation in boxes at the Nanoscience Center laser laboratory at the Ylistönrinne…
December 10, 2020
Christmas is coming and hard packages are waiting for us. Before that, Newport’s Technology and Applications Center (TAC) team arranged us a live, in-situ, remote training on our SF-TRU Timing…
September 10, 2020
The consortium PI Clare Strachan explains how Raman spectroscopy helps her research on drug development. Read more on University of Helsinki News:The lifecycle of a pill or tablet is affected…
Project proposals by the consortium PI Prof. Clare Strachan and consortium partner Prof. Janne Ihalainen were among the 78 Academy Projects that received funding in the 2019 Academy of Finland…
December 18, 2019
The Academy of Finland granted 1.6 million euros for the new quantitative Chemically-Specific Imaging (qCSI) infrastructure for material and life sciences. qCSI was one of the new infrastructures that received…