Enhancing Double-Beam Laser Tweezers Raman Spectroscopy (LTRS) for the Photochemical Study of Individual Airborne Microdroplets
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Instrumental Setup
2.1. Optical Tweezers
2.2. Confocal Raman Microspectrometer
2.3. Photochemical Levitation Chamber
2.4. Coupling of the Optical Tweezers with the Vertical Raman Microscope
3. Results and Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Sample Preparation and Levitation
4.2. Photolysis of Levitated Particles
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Gómez Castaño, J.A.; Boussekey, L.; Verwaerde, J.P.; Moreau, M.; Tobón, Y.A. Enhancing Double-Beam Laser Tweezers Raman Spectroscopy (LTRS) for the Photochemical Study of Individual Airborne Microdroplets. Molecules 2019, 24, 3325. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24183325
Gómez Castaño JA, Boussekey L, Verwaerde JP, Moreau M, Tobón YA. Enhancing Double-Beam Laser Tweezers Raman Spectroscopy (LTRS) for the Photochemical Study of Individual Airborne Microdroplets. Molecules. 2019; 24(18):3325. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24183325
Chicago/Turabian StyleGómez Castaño, Jovanny A., Luc Boussekey, Jean P. Verwaerde, Myriam Moreau, and Yeny A. Tobón. 2019. "Enhancing Double-Beam Laser Tweezers Raman Spectroscopy (LTRS) for the Photochemical Study of Individual Airborne Microdroplets" Molecules 24, no. 18: 3325. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24183325