The Anasys Mirage – Submicron Spectroscopy is Finally Possible

Spectroscopy, in all of its many forms, is a useful technique which is well and truly the best way to identify the photothermal properties of a range of materials, but it has always been held back by a few limitations... That is, until the Anasys Mirage Photothermal IR Spectroscopy Instrument. Say what you will – manufacturers of specialist equipment haven’t quite got far enough in their art to ever breach the submicron threshold because the science isn’t quite there yet – or even that technology hasn’t got far enough.

All of this has changed thanks to California-based Anasys Instruments, the creators of a new system which finally allows the submicron barrier to be broken, well and truly.

The Anasys Mirage is a brand new system which combines photothermal IR in its purest form (something originally coined by Anasys over 10 years ago and developed, perfected and refined ever since) as well as probe lasers in order to break IR diffraction limits and allow submicron spectroscopy to be possible.

One of the huge advantages of the Anasys Mirage is the fact that its unique operating principle allows Photothermal Infrared Spectroscopy to be used in both transmission and reflection modes, allowing the researcher a world of options which were not possible until the advent of the Anasys Mirage. Transmission Quality Spectra in Reflection mode is not something which was possible before the Anasys Mirage, and submicron resolution is more than capable of correlating to bulk FTIR databases.

For more information on this revolutionary system, contact Scanwel who are official distributors of Anasys Instruments for the UK and Ireland. With specialist knowledge in the scientific application behind the Anasys Mirage, Scanwel will be more than happy to set up a trial at your convenience so you can truly understand the advantages the Anasys Mirage Submicron IR Spectroscopy will bring to you, as well as the applications it can open up to your research or academic facility.

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