Raman spectroscopy is becoming an increasingly important analytical technique in industry, government, and academia given its complementarity to other analytical techniques and its advantages over infrared spectroscopy such as its insensitivity to atmospheric contamination by water and carbon dioxide.  Concurrently, Raman instruments are becoming more robust to operate (critical in a heavy-use academic environment) and more safe to use (critical given the high-powered laser utilized in the instrument). In addition, software and databases for the identification of unknown compounds and mixtures from their Raman spectra and for Raman functional group analysis are becoming more widespread.  An initiative will be described that links one such state-of-the-art Raman instrument with the world’s largest collection of Raman spectra and the software that links the instrument and the analysis. The end result is a series of laboratory experimental procedures designed specifically for undergraduate chemistry laboratories that pave the way for incorporating Raman spectroscopy in undergraduate teaching and research.

Integrating Raman instrumentation and analysis software in undergraduate laboratory experiments

Macromolecular Chemistry: The Second Century

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