Microscopy Room - VT-DISCO-LAB/Getting-Started-in-the-Discovery-Lab GitHub Wiki

Photo of Discovery Lab Microscopy Room

Equipped with industry-relevant light, infrared, and raman microscopy instruments. Users can apply these tools to: generate "molecular fingerprints" for chemical/material identification, preform general fluorescence & brightfield microscopy, and more.

Microscopy Room Instruments

Name Description Qty Image
Evident APX100 Inverted Microscope with Fluorescence Capable of easily and quickly capturing high resolution images. 1 photo of the Discovery Lab's inverted microscope
AIRsight Infared Raman Microscope Preforms non-destructive molecular analysis of samples; identifying the chemical comparison of samples. Used for polymer identification, material defect analysis, phase identification, & more. 1 photo of the Discovery Lab's Infared Raman Microscope
SALD-2300 Particle Size Analyzer Determines the size, distribution, and shape of particles present within a powder, liquid, or gas sample. 1 photo of the Discovery Lab's particle size analyzer
Amscope Stereo Microscopes Standard stereo microscopes with clear depth-of-field for hands on applications 2 Photo of the Amscope Stereo Microscope
Olympus Light Microscopes Standard compound light microscopes; configured with 4x, 10x, 40x (Spring-loaded) and 100x (spring-loaded, oil immersion) achromatic objective lenses 2 Photo of Olympus compound light microscope

Beginner Guides for Using Instruments

Instrument Specifications / Operation Information

Inverted Microscope with Fluorescence

  • Training Required: Microscopy Room Training and Inverted Microscope with Fluorescence Training & Peer Leader Check-off

AIRsight Infared Raman Microscope

  • Training Required: Microscopy Room Training and AIRsight Infared Raman Microscope Training & Peer Leader Check-off

SALD-2300 Particle Size Analyzer

  • Training Required: Microscopy Room Training and SALD-2300 Particle Size Analyzer Training & Peer Leader Check-off