Airborne chemistry coupled to Raman spectroscopy

Sabina Santesson, Jonas Johansson, Lynne S Taylor, Ia Levander, Shannon Fox, Michael Sepaniak, Staffan Nilsson

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Abstract

In this paper, the use of airborne chemistry (acoustically levitated drops) in combination with Raman spectroscopy is explored. We report herein the first Raman studies of crystallization processes in levitated drops and the first demonstration of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) detection in this medium. Crystallization studies on the model compounds benzamide and indomethacin resulted in the formation of two crystal modifications for each compound, suggesting that this methodology may be useful for investigation of polymorphs. SERS detection resulted in a signal enhancement of 27 000 for benzoic acid and 11 000 for rhodamine 6-G. The preliminary results presented here clearly indicate that several important applications of the combination between Raman spectroscopy and acoustic drop levitation can be expected in the future.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2177-2180
JournalAnalytical Chemistry
Volume75
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003

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The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015.
The record was previously connected to the following departments: Analytical Chemistry (S/LTH) (011001004)

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  • Analytical Chemistry

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