[UC Riverside] The Planetary Geochemistry and Astrobiology Laboratory is led by Assistant Professor Fabian Klenner, a new faculty member in UCR’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. His research focuses […]
Raman Spectrometer
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Astrochemistry, Astrogeology, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biophysics, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Enceladus, Habitable Zones, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Raman Spectroscopy Of Salt Deposits From The Simulated Subsurface Ocean Of Enceladus
Saturn’s ice-covered moon Enceladus may host a subsurface ocean with biologically relevant chemistry.
Posted inAstrogeology, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biophysics, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Fossils & Paleontology, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report
Micron-scale Crystals In Halite Are Proxies For Permian Acid Brines
Permian bedded halite of the Nippewalla Group of Kansas and the Opeche Shale of North Dakota, USA, formed in extremely acid saline lakes.
Posted inBiochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biophysics, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Press Release, Tricorders & Sensors
Tricorder Tech: Portable Swept-source Raman Spectrometer For Chemical and Biomedical Applications
In 1928, Indian physicist Sir C. V. Raman and his colleague K. S. Krishnan discovered that when light interacts with matter, parts of the scattered light undergo changes in energy […]