From 1997 to 2017: First Scanning Near-field Optical Microscope (SNOM) (left) and WITec’s current alpha300 Raman microscope family (right). The Raman imaging company WITec celebrates its 20th Anniversary. It was founded in 1997 as a 3-person spin-off from the Physics Department of the University of Ulm and has grown into a company of 60 employees... Read more
Innovations in Profilometer-guided Raman Imaging WITec, the inventor of topographic Raman imaging, has presented at Pittcon 2017 in Chicago the next generation of its patented TrueSurface optical profilometer. The combination of surface analysis and Raman spectral acquisition enables topographic Raman imaging on rough and uneven samples. One-pass simultaneous operation makes 3D Raman chemical characterization easier... Read more
March 2017 Dominic Papineau and Matt Dodd in the Geological Spectroscopy Laboratory.Copyright: UCL (UK) When did life on Earth begin? Based on new Raman data from microfossils, scientists have dated the origin of life to at least 3,77 billion years ago. Bubbling submarine-hydrothermal vents are believed to be the places where life on Earth emerged.... Read more
A new software wizard guides the user through the complete investigation, from initial settings and acquisition through data and image post-processing. Advanced functionality, accelerated workflow and enhanced hardware control WITec, manufacturer of Raman and scanning-probe microscopes, presents a new operating concept with the powerful and intuitive Suite FIVE at Pittcon 2017. Sophisticated features and hands-on... Read more
WITec Beijing Representative Office, located in the German Centre of the Landmark Towers in the Chaoyang Central Business District, Beijing. WITec GmbH, industry leading manufacturer of scanning-probe nano-analytical microscopy systems, has opened a new office in Beijing. The facility in the cultural, scientific and administrative capital of the fastest growing large economy in the world... Read more
Group Picture of the Symposium Attendees. “One of the most informative and interactive symposia of recent years,“ said WITec CEO Dr. Joachim Koenen about the 13th Confocal Raman Imaging Symposium held from September 26th to the 28th in Ulm, Germany. The German microscope manufacturer annually invites researchers and specialists from widely ranging fields to the... Read more
September 2016 WITec applications director Dr Tom Dieing answers the questions about optical fiber beam delivery and explains the method in a comprehensible way. How does beam delivery via optical fibers work? Which advantages does the technology provide for Raman measurements? Find the answers in the latest WITec video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5pQ5rj-ODk Read more
June 2016 Watch the video of the recent product launch of the alpha300 access: The new microscope for affordable high-end Raman spectroscopy and imaging and learn more about its pioneering functions, integrated technologies and continuous flexibility. See the video here: https://youtu.be/u2FGKOTBeAM Read more
May 2016 Shortnews: Analytica Application Award 2016 Ceremony, May 10th, 2016:Our new alpha300 microscope series was on the shortlist of the bio- and pharma-analytic category nominations for the Analytica Application Award 2016. The image shows the WITec Marketing Director Harald Fischer (on the right) receiving the nomination certificate, a representative of the winning company Miltenyi... Read more
May 2016 The new alpha300 access (right) and the next generation of the alpha300 series (left). The German nanotechnology company WITec has announced the launch of the new alpha300 access micro-Raman system in conjunction with a thorough revision of the long-established alpha300 series. WITec’s line of microscopes for Raman spectroscopy and imaging, atomic force microscopy... Read more