Time course mapping measurement using multiple points mapping measurement program and 3D mapping data analysis program

The time course measurement is a useful method to monitor the transformation of molecular structure under thermal and electric filed perturbation, and there are several application examples such as analyses of orientational relaxation process of liquid crystal molecules) and hardening process of glue.

One of recent demands for applications in the time course mapping measurement is to monitor the time course change of sample in micro area. In order to meet such demand by using of the time course mapping measurement, the multiple points mapping measurement program and also the 3D mapping data analysis program are now available from Jasco. Multiple mapping measurement program allows repeated measurements (Time-resolved measurements) with pre-determined holding time between measurements and also multiple mapping measurements in different measurement areas. The 3D mapping data analysis program can process 3 dimensional data consisting of in-plane distribution along with XY-axis and time course information along with Z-axis and in addition this software package has various functions to visualize measurement results in several different ways.

This time, utilizing Jasco’s highest speed multiple channel IR microscope system IRT-7000 system capable of measurements with 160 points/sec as maximum, the time course mapping measurement was executed to monitor the hardening process of UV curing resins.