{"id":596,"date":"2016-03-09T15:57:45","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T20:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-ret\/?page_id=596"},"modified":"2021-09-28T12:40:10","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T16:40:10","slug":"michelle-sander","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-ret\/research-projects\/projects-2025\/2016-summer-projects\/michelle-sander\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Sander"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Characterization and Imaging with Mid-Infrared Vibrational Photothermal Spectroscopy<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment1024\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment1024\" style=\"width: 175px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-reu\/files\/2016\/03\/Michelle-Sander-Web.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1024\" width=\"165\" height=\"220\" alt=\"Michelle Sander\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment1024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prof. Michelle Sander, ECE and MSE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>PROJECT DESCRIPTION<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>Infrared vibrational spectroscopy in the mid-infrared fingerprint region has emerged as a powerful tool to determine molecular structure in chemical and biomedical samples. This enables clinical diagnosis, environmental monitoring and chemical analysis of hazardous materials. Photothermal spectroscopy in the mid-infrared is a novel approach for vibrational characterization that directly addresses some of the short-comings of existing methods by eliminating the need for complex mid-infrared detectors and set-up configurations. This project focuses on the spectral analysis and imaging of chemical and biological samples with photothermal spectroscopy. The spectral signatures will be compared against other established techniques like Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and optical microscope images.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>LEARNING GOALS<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 This project combines material analysis with optical characterization techniques.<br \/>\n<\/span><span>\u2022 Scientific concepts in material characterization and sample preparation will be combined with optical imaging and spectroscopy.<br \/>\n\u2022 With regards to the optical imaging and spectroscopy techniques, the student will advance their use and understanding of bright field and dark field microscopy.<br \/>\n<\/span><span>\u2022 Learn instrumentation methods such as FTIR spectroscopy and our novel custom-built photothermal spectroscopy.<br \/>\n<\/span><span> \u2022 Critical thinking skills in evaluating data and comparison of different techniques will be emphasized.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/michelle-sander\/\">Professor Sander&#8217;s<\/a> work at her <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ufolab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lab website<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Characterization and Imaging with Mid-Infrared Vibrational Photothermal Spectroscopy PROJECT DESCRIPTION Infrared vibrational spectroscopy in the mid-infrared fingerprint region has emerged as a powerful tool to determine molecular structure in chemical and biomedical samples. This enables clinical diagnosis, environmental monitoring and chemical analysis of hazardous materials. Photothermal spectroscopy in the mid-infrared is a novel approach for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11551,"featured_media":0,"parent":780,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-ret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-ret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-ret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-ret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11551"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-ret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-ret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1750,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-ret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/596\/revisions\/1750"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-ret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-ret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}