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Table of Contents
Table of Contents ..................................................................................................................................................2
SAFETY AND PREPARATION FOR USE..................................................................................................................... 4
OPERATING CONDITIONS .................................................................................................................................................5
SPECIFICATIONS .............................................................................................................................................................6
CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED ........................................................................................................................ 7
1.1 INITIAL EQUIPMENT SETUP..................................................................................................................................7
1.1.1 Before any Steps are Taken......................................................................................................................7
1.1.2 Standard Equipment Supplies ..................................................................................................................7
1.1.3 Setting up the OpenSPEC™ Instrument....................................................................................................7
1.2 OVERVIEW OF OPENSPEC™ INSTRUMENT COMPONENTS.........................................................................................9
1.3 OPERATION GUIDELINES...................................................................................................................................10
1.3.1 Required Items .......................................................................................................................................10
1.3.2 Experimental Procedure.........................................................................................................................10
Taking New Reference Spectra......................................................................................................................................... 12
Loading a Sample ............................................................................................................................................................. 13
Optimizing Peak Tracking Manually ................................................................................................................................. 15
Recording events.............................................................................................................................................................. 17
1.3.3 Other Software Features........................................................................................................................18
Adjusting the Response Graph ......................................................................................................................................... 20
CHAPTER 2: TROUBLESHOOTING.................................................................................................................... 22
2.1 TROUBLESHOOTING .........................................................................................................................................22
CHAPTER 3: THEORY ...................................................................................................................................... 23
3.1 LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE.........................................................................................................23
3.2 REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................................24
