Dr Rhea Sam loves Raman, particularly our gas Raman system. Yesterday, she measured CO2 in the atmosphere at 400 ppm in 0.3 seconds. There might have been a celebratory lab jig... #raman #gasraman

Today's #FridayFun comes from Dr Michael Foster (physicist) Q: What did the duck say to the physicist? A: Quark, quark, quark! Have a great weekend!

ISI is leading the way in developing compact, spectrographic, and remote sensing technologies. We're taking technologies developed for space and applying them to solve some of the biggest challenges we face here on Earth. bit.ly/3JaMpS2 #ramanspectroscopy #deepuvraman

Our F1 telescopic RP40 is a leap forward in probe technology. With our HES2000, generates a clear spectrum of paracetamol in >0.1 s compared with 2.5 s required by the RP50 probe. Raman inspection Process control Pharma/Biopharma Security/Defence  bit.ly/3REPPkO

Members of our team, with collaborators from the University of Southampton ORC, have been awarded a patent for a Gas-phase Raman instrument for detecting gaseous species using a hollow core fibre. bit.ly/46otHB7

#FridayFun from Dr Jonathan Storey (physicist) Q: What did one uranium-238 nucleus say to the other? A: Gotta split! Have a great weekend!

Dr Michael Foster, co-founder & Director at ISI. He completed his PhD in 1999 on cometary atmospheres & has played a pivotal role in many space LIDAR projects, including designing filtering solutions for EarthCARE, ADM (Aeolus) and the Ascope missions. bit.ly/3J5vNen

Dr Michael Foster & Dr Jon Storey are recognised as world-leading experts in Fabry-Pérot techniques & offer consultancy in ultra-high-resolution spectroscopy for the most demanding applications, delivering spectral resolution on the femtometre scale. bit.ly/3RHhSRB

Digital_Lyo is developing novel, in-situ rapid analytical monitoring to tackle the challenge of improving freeze-drying processes for vaccines & other injectable products for the biopharmaceutical industry. bit.ly/3QRhJsV

Today's Friday Fun comes from Jessica Gabb. Jess started out as a chemist before moving into nuclear & then into selling spectrometers & optical-based instruments. She joined ISI in 2021 as Business Development Manager & hasn't looked back! (She also hasn't blown anything up!)

Meet Dr Jon Storey, Co-Founder & Director at ISI. With a PhD in Space Plasma Physics, Jon has designed & built every element of optical & laser-based instruments, from the highest spec optical filter & 3D landing LIDARs for the European Space Agency to a gas contaminant sensor for British Gas.

Dr Foster & Dr Storey, are co-authors of an article appearing in the Astronomy & Astrophysics Journal. They assembled the first instrument for the SST, & have built temperature-controlled housings & alignment mechanisms for two more. ResearchGate researchgate.net/publication/39…

The RP1000 Standoff Raman probe can be mounted on a robot & deployed to make measurements at up to 3 metres from the target substance. It was initially developed as part of a project to decommission nuclear gloveboxes at Sellafield.  bit.ly/4lMz6K2

Autoencoding Raman Spectra to Predict Analyte Concentrate. This study examines the application of machine learning tools to identify & quantify chemical mixtures within nuclear clean up & biopharmaceutical drug manufacturing. Innovate UK EurekaNetwork bit.ly/3FBTeP2

Our #FridayFun comes from Dr Will Brooks (Chemist/Physicist) Will Brooks Q: What did the quantum physicist say before the bar fight? A: Let me atom!

Meet Dr Will Brooks, Senior Scientist. He began life as a chemist until he discovered photonics! Will joined us in 2016 & is heavily involved in multiple projects, including stand-off Raman (Nuclear Decommissioning) & gas-phase Raman detection using hollow-core fibres.

Odin (TM) is our compact deep UV Raman spectrometer, which operates at 228.5 nm and is capable of unprecedented Raman characterisation of complex biological materials. bit.ly/3O6Ax7p

We're all big sci-fi fans here - that's probably not a big surprise to you! Here is one of Dr Jon Storey's favourite jokes to kickstart that Friday Feeling!

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Our MiniSpec is a fibre-coupled instrument which features a CCD as standard, so does not exhibit significant etaloning. Affordable & accessible for hobbyists, amateur scientists, astronomers, & educators from high schools to undergraduate labs. bit.ly/3PPHCKM