WITec’s powerful software suite has been updated with release 5.1. For WITec Control users this new version features Focus Stacking, which can stitch together sample area images acquired at different focal depths into larger images of consistent sharpness, and Smart Brightness, which automatically adjusts the camera settings and microscope illumination to match a user-defined brightness... Read more
June 2018 The conference venue is located next to the Muenster in the heart of Ulm, Germany. For the 15th time, WITec’s Confocal Raman Imaging Symposium will serve as the foremost platform for the Raman microscopy community to share recent developments and discuss the finer points of the technique. The annual international conference for chemical... Read more
Every year WITec, the Raman imaging company, recognizes three peer-reviewed publications that stand out in terms of originality and significance and feature data acquired with a WITec microscope. This year, scientists from universities and institutes in Bochum, Bayreuth and Minneapolis received the awards. Some 80 publications were submitted, all documenting the versatility of confocal Raman... Read more
First author Hesham Yosef (left) and senior author Klaus Gerwert receive the winner’s certificate from WITec’s marketing assistant Karin Hollricher. Copyright: RUB, Marquard Every year WITec, the Raman imaging company, recognizes three peer-reviewed publications that stand out in terms of originality and significance and feature data acquired with a WITec microscope. This year, scientists from... Read more
March 2018 WITec’s proven 3D Raman imaging functionality is now available in an inverted microscope. WITec has launched the alpha300 Ri inverted Raman microscope. It combines the advantages of data acquisition from below with the established merits of 3D confocal Raman imaging, a powerful and versatile technique that can chemically characterize samples nondestructively and without... Read more
March 2018 TrueMatch is a powerful and innovative software component for accessing and developing Raman spectral databases WITec, manufacturer of 3D Raman imaging systems, is now offering TrueMatch, a powerful software component for accessing and creating Raman spectral databases. It can search existing libraries of Raman spectra to identify sample components and also allows users... Read more
December 2017 3D Raman image of cellulose fibers and additives in paper. In order to document the precision of the new focus stabilization, a very long measurement time of 46 hours was chosen. WITec, industry-leading manufacturer of Raman imaging and correlative microscopy systems, has started shipping its Suite FIVE data acquisition, evaluation and processing software... Read more
AUGUST 2017 Top launch at M&M 2017: WITec’s RISE Microscopy with ZEISS Sigma 300 SEM Top: Combination of WITec Raman microscope and ZEISS Sigma 300 SEM. The Raman microscope is attached through a standard port to the SEM. Bottom: RISE image of a piece of hematite, showing hematite and goethite in several crystal orientations, that... Read more
Top: Combination of WITec Raman microscope and ZEISS Sigma 300 SEM. The Raman microscope is attached through a standard port to the SEM.Bottom: RISE image of a piece of hematite, showing hematite and goethite in several crystal orientations, that were identified from the Raman spectra. WITec’s solution for correlative Raman-SEM imaging is now available for... Read more
The WinnersGOLD Paper Award (top): Maria O’Brien and Niall McEvoywith their workhorse, a WITec confocal Raman microscope.SILVER Paper Award (middle): Helena Nogueira (right) with the paper’s first author Sara Fateixa (middle) and Tito Trindade in front of their WITec confocal Raman microscope.BRONZE Paper Award (bottom): Jonas Higl (middle) received the 2017 Paper Award certificate from... Read more