A new infrared (IR) microscopy system from Shimadzu Scientific Instruments enables users of all experience levels to identify, measure and analyze microsamples quickly and efficiently.

The user-friendly AIMsight IR microscope offers automated analysis functions and an enhanced wide field camera. The latter can observe large areas up to 10 mm × 13 mm, and the 330× digital zoom function enables observation of areas as small as 30 µm × 40 µm. The tool identifies the measurement target with aSource: Shimadzu Scientific Instruments simple click on the image in the AMsolution control software and sets the optimal measurement position in one second.

By providing the highest sensitivity in its class with a signal-to-noise ratio of 30,000:1, users can quickly acquire high-sensitivity data of micro measurement targets down to 10 µm in size. The system also includes a function to measure the diameter of microplastic particles.

A contaminant analysis program for automatically qualifying objects is included as a standard feature in LabSolutions IR software and identifies measured objects with high precision using a spectral library for substances commonly detected as contaminants in combination with a proprietary identification algorithm. The system searches for the primary and secondary components and displays the probability of the substances identified.