| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M30500/01 |
| Title: |
JREI:A SENSITIVE AND SELECTIVE RAMAN SCATTERING FACILITY |
| Principal Investigator: |
Smith, Professor WE |
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| Department: |
Pure and Applied Chemistry |
| Organisation: |
University of Strathclyde |
| Scheme: |
JREI |
| Starts: |
22 July 1999 |
Ends: |
21 July 2002 |
Value (£): |
84,000
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Analytical Science |
Surfaces & Interfaces |
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| Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
Manufacturing |
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Environment |
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R&D |
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New technology has created an incremental advance in the power of Raman spectroscopy and created a unique and timely opportunity to obtain new insights into problems of fundamental and applied importance in materials science and analysis. It is proposed to build on existing facilities at the University of Strathclyde to create Raman analysis facilities using microscopy from the near UV to the near IR and provide stable fibre optic probes for quantitative analysis. The lead techniques will use surface resonance Raman scattering and surface enhanced resonance Raman scattering (SERRS). These techniques provide molecularly specific information and are proving to be extremely sensitive. Applications include the development of selective and sensitive analysis of organic/inorganic interfaces, the determination of single molecules of labelled DNA, the in situ analysis of inks on papers and dyes, the development of quantitative analysis methods and of new fibre optic based sensors, and the development of methods to study nanoscale chemistry. The program is well supported by industry and by the Home Office and areas identified in the previous technology foresight exercise are included. This support makes the development possible but the program also contains new and exciting fundamental research including understanding the nature of ligand to metal surface binding and the development of probes to understand single nanoparticle chemistry.
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http://www.strath.ac.uk |