Nordic Sub-Micron IR Microscopy Conference - ECL and AIDA event

About the conference

Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is a highly sensitive analytical technique with high spectral resolution, enabling the detection of subtle molecular variations and providing detailed chemical fingerprinting in complex samples. For years, the method has therefore been popular in a wide range of scientific fields, from chemistry and material science to environmental and biomedical studies. In conventional IR microscopy, however, the lateral resolution is limited by the diffraction limit of the wavelength of the IR light, which is several (tens of) microns. 

In the last 15-20 years, however, new developments have circumvented these boundaries by employing the photothermal effect in a clever way: thermal expansion induced by the absorption of IR laser light is detected by a different probe, that is not subject to the same spatial limitation. In optical photothermal IR (O-PTIR) microscopy this is done via an optical probe laser, whereas atomic force microscopy (AFM-IR) uses mechanical sensing via the AFM-tip. This has brought the spatial resolution of IR microscopy down to sub-micron scales - even all the way down to 10 nm for the AFM-IR! Understandably, this has opened up a whole new area of possibilities: from characterizing polymer blends and identifying microplastics to visualizing intracellular biochemical organization in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.

This event will serve as a dynamic platform to explore the latest advances in high-resolution IR techniques, with a special focus on O-PTIR, AFM-IR, as well as multi-modal approaches, including X-ray microscopy. We further aim to strengthen collaborations among researchers within this field in the Nordic countries, and further afield. 

Keynote speakers: 

• Prof. Ji-Xin Cheng (Boston University)
• Prof. Alexandre Dazzi (University of Paris-Saclay)

Organisers: ECL and AIDA Themes at LINXS, MAX IV and Lund University, Blue Scientific Ltd.

Conference fee: 950 SEK. 

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Fhirst Nordic Sub-Micron IR Microscopy Conference - ECL and AIDA event — LINXS

BECC is a sponsor to this event!