Nicolet FT-IR spectrometers are the highest performance FT-IR systems available. Every facet has been engineered to facilitate sample handling, introduce options to scientists, and increase throughput in the laboratory. Because it is built on a common optical and electronics platform, it is easy to upgrade to the highest level of performance and application.

The Nicolet FT-IR Spectrometer Family Includes:

• Superior optical throughput

• Superior signal-to-noise ratio

• High resolution

• Multiple spectral ranges: mid-IR, near-IR, far-IR, and UV-Visible

• Rapid scanning for fast kinetics

• Smart Accessories™

• Infrared (IR) microscopy

• FT-Raman

• Hyphenated techniques: gas chromatography-IR (GC-IR), thermogravimetric analysis-IR (TGA-IR), and liquid chromatography-IR (LC-IR)

• Smart Purge™ system

Nicolet FT-IR Smart System

Smart Systems automatically link the setup, testing, and operation of spectrometers, software, sampling accessories, and spectral information, leaving you free to focus on the experiment or analysis. Smart Systems recognize how you normally use the system and automatically set up the spectrometer for a particular experiment.

Smart Accessories

Nicolet FT-IR is compatible with all commercial accessories that fit into a standard sample compartment. However, the full power of a Smart System can be realized with Smart Accessories, which provide:

• Quick and easy, snap-in installation

• Automatic recognition and optimization

• Permanent, pinned-in-place alignment

• High throughput

• High performance

• Exceptionally efficient purge

Our portfolio includes a multitude of Smart Accessories designed to fit your every sampling need. Smart Accessories offer the following sampling techniques:

• Transmission

• Diamond ATR

• Diffuse reflectance

• Single-bounce ATR

• Multiple-bounce ATR

• Mid-IR fiber optics

• Near-IR fiber optics

• Corrosion-resistant ATR

• Research-grade ATR

• Research-grade diffuse reflectance

• Near-IR diffuse reflectance

• Micro ATR

• Specular reflectance

• Grazing angle reflectance

System Optics

The foundation of the Nicolet FT-IR spectrometer is its precision-cast baseplate. Its compact optical path minimizes beam pathlength and improves spectral performance by limiting the number of beam reflections. This opto-mechanical excellence means your results are extremely reproducible from scan to scan.

Precision-Cast Optics

• Pinned-in-place

• Compact optical path

• Best reproducibility

• Monolithic diamond-turned mirrors

• Permanent alignment

• Highest throughput

Five External Beam Options

• Emission port

• Right-side Passport™

• Left-side Passport

• Front-facing external port

• Front-facing external detector port

Sources

The high-intensity, long-lasting ETC EverGlo* mid-IR source is standard on the Nicolet FT-IR spectrometer. The source is even more efficient than watercooled sources, and delivers a significantly higher energy output. The computerized, dual-source option provides the greatest flexibility for multiple spectral ranges, allowing coverage from the UV-Visible to the far-IR. The computer-controlled aperture for Nicolet FT-IR spectrometers automatically sets the correct aperture size depending upon the resolution and spectral range selected. The 'Rest' mode extends the life of the source and users have the option of a 'Turbo' mode for further enhancements in throughput. The computer-controlled screen wheel provides convenient beam attenuation for highly sensitive detectors.

Computer-Controlled Dual Sources

ETC EverGlo* 9600 cm-1 to 20 cm-1

Whitelight 27000 cm-1 to 2000 cm-1

*Patent Pending

Detectors

We offer the widest variety of detectors designed and optimized to cover any spectral range or experimental configuration with the highest possible performance.

Features

• Pinned-in-place

• Easy interchange

• Automatic detector recognition

Smart Systems recognize which detectors have been installed and where they are located. No switches, adjustments, or changes are required to the hardware or software for the detector to be active. The Monoflect™ dual detector system allows you to quickly switch between internally mounted detectors. New thermo-electrical designs enable faster cooling of detectors using less power, resulting in higher stability and faster response.

Beamsplitters

For mid-IR applications, we offer as standard configuration, either a mid-IR optimized Ge-on-KBr beamsplitter, or the proprietary XT-KBr™ beamsplitter, which can cover the region from 11000 cm-1 to 375 cm-1.

Features

• Automatic recognition

• Optimized spectral range

• Instant alignment

Extra beamsplitters can be stored easily inside the purged and thermally equilibrated environment of the optical bench. A latched access door and the quick-release Talon™ beamsplitter-locking mechanism allow easy access to the beamsplitter without breaking instrument purge and preventing beamsplitter fogging.

Smart Purge System

The unique Smart Purge system available for the Nicolet FT-IR automatically detects when you have opened the spectrometer door. Smart Purge then automatically increases the flow of purge gas in your spectrometer to blast the sample compartment area free from unpurged lab air. Smart Purge automatically turns itself down when the spectrometer is ready to collect data, and provides the fastest possible purge recovery time in between successive samples to ensure that you are collecting data as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Vectra Interferometer

The Nicolet FT-IR spectrometer incorporates the highest performance interferometer available in the industry. The Vectra™ interferometer bearing rides on a cushion of air and has performance characteristics that are similar to a traditional air-bearing interferometer, with the added advantage of not requiring an external air supply. The standard resolution of the Nicolet 6700 spectrometer is 0.09 cm-1. In addition, the Vectra interferometer features dynamic alignment ensuring that it is constantly maintained at optimum performance. Dynamic alignment is the only mechanism that can actively compensate for all known modes of interferometer misalignment, including ambient temperature changes.

Software

OMNIC software for Nicolet FT-IR spectrometers provides a powerful Windows® compatible interface for complete data collection and processing. Live data displays, active spectrometer diagnostics, and spectral quality checking assure the best possible data. Extensive data processing analysis and reporting tools allow you to make the most of your results.  And it has the most extensive on-line help system currently available, which includes FT-IR theory and sample handling.

OMNIC Includes:

• Data collection, manipulation, and processing packages

• Preview data collection

• Search of commercial libraries and the creation and management of user generated libraries with the Advanced Library Manager

• QC Compare for raw materials quality control

• Basic quantitative analysis tools

• GLP-ready electronic Report Notebook

• Spectral interpretation

• Automated atmospheric correction

• File conversion utilities, for older Thermo and other common file formats

Easy Identification

• Standard software includes detailed spectral interpretation information on over 100 common functional groups

• HTML format interpretation information can be included in reports and presentations

• Excellent tool for training new users or reference for non-spectroscopists

• Unparalleled collection of FT-IR databases for identification of unknown compounds

• User library creation is a standard feature