NanoRam® Handheld Raman Spectrometer

With the increased use of Raman spectroscopy for identification and verification, the demand for commercial libraries, transferrable libraries and identification methods for hand-held Raman spectrometers has increased. Successful library transfer has been demonstrated with commercial libraries, and for Raman spectra collected on different instruments. This white paper describes how, on the NanoRam hand-held Raman spectrometer (B&W Tek, Newark, DE) both identification methods and libraries can be transferred from one unit to another.

Dispersive Raman spectroscopy has increasingly been implemented for material identification due to its portability and sampling flexibility. However, when choosing a Raman instrument, one of the primary concerns is the wavelength of the laser that is integrated into the Raman spectrometer system. This application note discusses how to select a laser excitation wavelength for specific applications, considering the most widely used wavelengths which are 532nm, 785nm and 1064nm.

This application note describes the NanoRam as a state-of-the-art, handheld Raman spectrometer for the rapid identification of various chemicals used in the pharmaceutical manufacturing process.

This application note describes the NanoRam from B&W Tek, a state-of-the-art, compact Raman handheld spectrometer.

This application note demonstrates that raw materials and additives used in the pharmaceutical and food industries can be successfully tested and identified using the NanoRam handheld Raman spectrometer with a high degree of confidence in less than 20 seconds.

This application note describes costing scenarios which show that a handheld Raman approach of testing raw materials in the warehouse offers a significant cost-benefit over doing the analysis in-house at a central laboratory.

In this study, four typical ingredients used as excipients in the food industry and for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products are tested for raw material identification: whey, sorbitol, stearic acid, and calcium phosphate dihydrate dibasic. Samples were analyzed using a NanoRam® handheld Raman spectrometer from B&W Tek.

In this white paper discusses the two most common mathematical representations used with handheld Raman spectroscopy as decision making tools for spectroscopic data: Hit Quality Index (HQI) and significance level (p-value). Specific examples for the use of each tool are discussed.

This video demonstrates how the NanoRam Raman spectrometer makes raw material identification in the pharmaceutical industry faster and easier. Now, a variety of samples in a variety of packaging can all be analyzed from the same instrument with B&W Tek's new handheld Nanoram. This cutting-edge technology improves current workflows and reduces costs.

Watch this video to learn about B&W Tek‘s innovative portable and handheld raman spectroscopy devices, designed to simplify material acceptance processes. Versatile, and easy to use, B&W Tek raman spectrometers are suitable for a number of applications including material inspection in highly regulated industries such as pharmaceuticals and neutraceuticals.