Raman Microscopy for Pharmaceutical Research and Development: Technique Variations and Software Advances
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Miriam Böhmler, WITec GmbHRaman imaging microscopy is a highly versatile and effective tool for the label-free, nondestructive chemical characterization of materials. Based on the Raman effect, which describes a distinct energy shift in photons scattered by molecules, it can positively identify sample components, visualize their distribution, and even distinguish polymorphs.
Böhmler introduces participants to the latest technique variations and software advances in measurement control, data acquisition, and post-processing. Methods covered include confocal Raman microscopy, Raman-based microparticle analysis, and profilometry-guided Raman imaging. She also shares application examples from pharmaceutical and biomedical research that illustrate Raman microscopy’s advantages along with recent software developments that can benefit multi-user facilities and strictly regulated environments.
About the presenter
Miriam Böhmler, Ph.D., is head of applications at WITec, part of the Oxford Instruments Group. Her specialty within the company is using high-speed confocal Raman microscopy techniques to analyze samples from various fields of application, including pharmaceutics and cosmetics, biology and life science, material science, 2D materials, polymers, and many more. She also provides scientific support to worldwide project partners during technological collaborations.
Böhmler was awarded a doctorate in chemistry from Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Germany, after working on sub-diffraction limited microscopy and spectroscopy, tip-enhanced Raman and photoluminescence spectroscopy.
About the sponsor(s)- WITec GmbH - Expertise in 3D Raman imaging and also specializes in Raman, AFM, SNOM, and RISE (SEM) correlative microscopy solutions. Modular hardware and software ensure flexibility for specific challenges in chemical and structural characterization.