SNOM system (near-field microscopy) nano-FTIR spectroscopy

• Physical Sciences

Contact person: Gorka Pazos Peromingo

Contact for external services

Protocol / GCS

• Protocol for CIC nanoGUNE nanoscience external services (self-service / service mode – equipment usage).
• General Conditions for Services (IP-nanoGUNE).
• General Conditions for Services (IP-shared).
• General Conditions for Services (IP-client).

SNOM is a technique that combines all the analytical capacity of infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) at a nanometer resolution (AFM)

Equipment

• SNOM: SNOM is a system that combines all the analytical capacity of infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) at a nanometric resolution (AFM)

Nano chemical and structural characterization based on infrared spectroscopy: SNOM is a technique that combines all the analytical capacity of infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) at a nanometric resolution (AFM).

They offer nanoscale non-destructive chemical and structural characterization based on infrared spectroscopy (nano-FTIR) and microscopy (s-SNOM).

Possibility:

• Nanoscale polymer identification and analysis (polymer multilayers, blends, nanofibers, bio-polymers, rubbers, conducting polymers).
• Identification and analysis of biomaterials (proteins, phosphates, DNA, carbohydrates, acids, etc.) in biological samples (human bone and teeth, cells, bacteria, viruses, phages, spores, fibers, membranes, etc.).
• Identification and mapping of active ingredients in drugs.
• Analysis of cosmetic products (i.e. cosmetics in human hair).
• Phase identification in inorganic and organic materials: material stress (i.e. SiC, Si), insulator-to-metal transitions (i.e. VO2), polymer crystallinity, mapping of minerals, organic crystals, etc.

CIC nanoGUNE

Tolosa Hiribidea, 76, E-20018 Donostia / San Sebastian

Interesting for (with the system):

Polymer and rubber industry, life sciences, pharmaceutics, cosmetics, agriculture, material science, electronics, Geology, Semiconductor industry…