Raman microscope –Renishaw (UK) – a dispersion Raman spectrometer with three sources of irradiation 457, 633 and 785 nm, corresponding gratings of 1200, 1800 and 2400 l/mm are available for the lasers, the scattered radiation is detected by a CCD camera. A Leica optical microscope with four objectives with 5×, 20×, 50× and 100× magnification serves as the cuvette space.
Scanning probe microscope – Innova Bruker microscope allowing scanning in different modes: AFM, STM, ….
TERS – tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy – this type of nano-resolution vibrational spectroscopy is enabled due to the connection of a Raman microscope with an Innova microscope. It is possible to measure in STM or Tunning fork modes, measure individual spectra (tip in, tip out) or spectral maps.
IR sSNOM - Near-field scanning microscope in the infrared region (Neaspec, Germany) – the device serves for nanoimaging the distribution of various functional groups absorbing IR radiation in the mid-infrared region. The radiation source is QCL lasers emitting radiation in three regions, the device is also equipped with an interferometer and a very sensitive MCT detector. The method is based on atomic force microscopy.