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Fig. 8. Raman spectrum of a single cell of Clostridium beijeinckii, of a size of about 2x4 pm. Peaks are marked with the wavenumber of the Raman shift, and tentative attributions of the bands are given. Insert Video image showing a C. beijerinckii cell in the focused laser beam of the Raman microscope. The diameter of the laser focus, which determines the sampling volume by the excitation of the Raman effect, is about the same size as the cell, (from [89])...

The test equipment of crystal type of gas hydrates consists of a laser Raman spectrometer, gas supply system, jacketed cooling type high-pressure visual cell, temperature control system, data acquisition and other parts. The experiment using a laser Raman spectrometer for the JY Co. in French produced Lab RAM HR-800 type visible confocal Raman microscope spectrometer. Laboratory independently designed a cooled jacket visible in situ high-pressure reactor, reactor with sapphire window to ensure full transparency of laser, and high pressure performance, visual reactor effective volume 3 ml, compression 20 MPa effective volume, to achieve characteristics of gas hydrate non-destructive and accurate measurement. The schematic representation of equipment is shown in Eigure 1. 

Hel is a fairly normal liquid, remarkable only for its low temperature and density. The transition to Hell that occurs at the lambda temperature is not an ordinary, first order, phase change since there is no abrupt change in specific volume and specific entropy. Nor is it a formation of molecules or loosely bound complexes (no Raman effect). Further, X-ray studies show no kind of pseudo-crystallisation. 

Large Specific Surface Area Porous materials can have a large proportion of surface atoms - their surface area within a typical sampling volume of 10 pm can reach 10 pm, which is approximately 10 larger than for a smooth surface crossing the same volume. These effects lead to clearly increased Raman intensities of surface species and also to improved intensity ratios of surface and bulk Raman bands. 

The present volume deals with the properties of dienes, described in chapters on theory, structural chemistry, conformations, thermochemistry and acidity and in chapters dealing with UV and Raman spectra, with electronic effects and the chemistry of radical cations and cations derived from them. The synthesis of dienes and polyenes, and various reactions that they undergo with radicals, with oxidants, under electrochemical conditions, and their use in synthetic photochemistry are among the topics discussed. Systems such as radialenes, or the reactions of dienes under pressure, comprise special topics of these functional groups. 

Raman microspectroscopy is readily performed on multiple locations inside each well. As in other instances, the results might not be representative of the whole sample because of the small sample volume probed. Polarization effects can be pronounced, but may be mitigated by averaging the results from additional locations. An alternative is rotating the sample, but this usually is not practical for multiwell plates. Both options increase analysis time. Such problems appear to be minimized when handling bulk powders [222,223,230], Several vendors sell systems preconfigured for automated analysis of microtiter plates and are typically integrated with optical microscopy. 

Other sources of error, particularly in quantitative Raman analysis, include laser self-absorption effects leading to attenuation of some spectral bands. Similarly diffuse reflectance of the laser light, which is dependent on the particle size of the formulation components, may increase or decrease the collection volume. However, normalisation techniques can be used to overcome some of these effects [35]. 

Third, the reference method results should be compared with measurements on an equivalent amount of material, particularly if the sample is not homogeneous. In many instruments, Raman spectra are collected only from the sample located in a small focal volume. If that material is not representative of the bulk, then the Raman results will appear to be biased or erroneous. To avoid this problem, multiple sequential spectra are added together to represent an effectively larger composite sample. Alternatively, a larger area could be sampled if the instrument design permits it. If it were desired to study within-sample inhomogeneity, short acquisition times could be used. 

A limiting factor in noninvasive optical technology is variations in the optical properties of samples under investigation that result in spectral distortions44 8 and sampling volume (effective optical path length) variability 49-54 These variations will impact a noninvasive optical technique not only in interpretation of spectral features, but also in the construction and application of a multivariate calibration model if such variations are not accounted for. As a result, correction methods need to be developed and applied before further quantitative analysis. For Raman spectroscopy, relatively few correction methods appear in the literature, and most of them are not readily applicable to biological tissue.55-59... 

Fig. 8. The components of the laser system. The high power XeCl excimer laser pulse triggered my the muon entrance detector is converted in two steps to a high quality 7 ns long pulse of 708 nm which is shifted to the desired 6 pm light inside the multipass Raman cell. The light is injected into a multipass cavity to effectively illuminate the muon stop volume inside the PSC solenoid. High resolution frequency selection is provided by injection of a cw Ti Sa laser...

Y. Suzuki, N. Suzuki, Y. Takasu, and I. Nishio, A study on the structure of water in an aqueous solution by solvent effect on a volume phase transition of N-isopropylacrylamide gel and low-frequency Raman spectroscopy, J. Chem. Phys. 107(15), 5890-5897 (1997). 

The optical properties of this new family of semiconductors are the subject of Volume 21, Part B. Phenomena discussed include the absorption edge, defect states, vibrational spectra, electroreflectance and electroabsorption, Raman scattering, luminescence, photoconductivity, photoemission, relaxation processes, and metastable effects. 

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