Development of Highly Sensitive Compact Raman Scanner for Mass Screening of Chemical Dyes Available to Purchase

In the Raman analysis of various chemicals, it is often required to do mass screening of dyes and their derivatives. In most cases, it is impractical to screen each dye one by one on a commercial Raman system, which is catered to screen one analyte at a time. In this context, we proposed the design of simple, cost effective and compact ‘Raman Scanner’ developed using commercial laser, detector and optical components. The high throughput screening capability of the system is demonstrated by acquiring the SERS spectra of various molecules adsorbed on to gold colloid in a 96 well plate.