{"id":10052,"date":"2018-12-18T17:16:47","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T17:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/blog\/materials\/?p=10052"},"modified":"2026-09-16T15:49:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T20:49:58","slug":"raman-laminate-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/blog\/materials\/raman-laminate-packaging\/","title":{"rendered":"Raman Laminate Packaging"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW70263539\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW70263539\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW70263539\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\">We encounter plastic films several times a day. Walk through a grocery store and you&#8217;ll likely see dozens of examples of plastic packaging. Low density polyethylene (LDPE) film acts as a gas barrier, so you&#8217;ll likely find it in meat section packaging chicken or ground beef. Over in the chips and snacks aisle, you might find biodegradable bags made from aliphatic polyesters and aliphatic-aromatic co-polyesters. These rapidly break down, with some microbial help to, CO2 and water in a matter of weeks. The ubiquitous clear plastic bottles are generally made of thermoformed polyethylene terephthalate (PETE) and are 100% recyclable.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW70263539\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW70263539\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW70263539\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\"><div style=\"width: 4444px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/12\/ramanlaminate.jpg\" width=\"4434\" height=\"3744\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Polymer analysis<\/p><\/div><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW70263539\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW70263539\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW70263539\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\">While many polymer films are a half of a&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError SCXW70263539\">mil<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\">&nbsp;or two thick&#8211;think about plastic shopping bags&#8211;thinner films have their special uses in various industrial and biomedical applications. They also are likely to be composed of&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"AdvancedProofingIssue SCXW70263539\">a number of<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\">&nbsp;layers of different materials. While several techniques are used in characterizing the thickness or morphology of thin polymer laminate films, identifying the chemical components of each individual layer can be a tricky business.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW70263539\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW70263539\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW70263539\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW70263539\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\">Molecular spectroscopy is one of the go-to techniques for chemical identification of polymeric materials. Infrared spectroscopy&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"AdvancedProofingIssue SCXW70263539\">is capable of seeing<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\">&nbsp;down to about 2 microns in thickness&#8211;with special accessories and some sample prep magic. Raman spectroscopy, however, is a wizard at looking through layers of disparate materials in a standard configuration. Identifying layers of polymer laminates with Raman microscopy can be done by confocal depth profiling and cross-section analysis. While depth profiling is advantageous in that it requires little to no sample preparation, cross-section analysis via line\/area mapping offers superior spatial resolution, lending itself to the identification of micron to sub-micron layers in polymer laminates.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW70263539\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW70263539\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW70263539\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW70263539\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\">In our recently published Application Note, &ldquo;Leveraging the lateral spatial resolution of a confocal Raman microscope to resolve micron to sub-micron layers in polymer laminates,&rdquo; we identify seven layers of a&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"SpellingError SCXW70263539\">polyethlene<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\">, polypropylene and polyvinyl alcohol thin film sandwich and resolve a thin polymer layer with a thickness (<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW70263539\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\">&asymp;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW70263539\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\">0.4&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW70263539\"><span class=\"SpellingError SCXW70263539\">&mu;m<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\">)&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"SpellingError SCXW70263539\">that<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW70263539\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"SpellingError SCXW70263539\">i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW70263539\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\">s&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"SpellingError SCXW70263539\">close<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"SpellingError SCXW70263539\">to<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\">&nbsp;the&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"SpellingError SCXW70263539\">theoretical<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"SpellingError SCXW70263539\">spatial<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"SpellingError SCXW70263539\">resolution<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"SpellingError SCXW70263539\">limit<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW70263539\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\">&nbsp;of Raman microscopy<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW70263539\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW70263539\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW70263539\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW70263539\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW70263539\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\">Read&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revbase.com\/tt\/sl.ashx?z=73090c66&amp;DataID=2639713&amp;ft=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW70263539\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\">Leveraging the lateral spatial resolution of a confocal<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW70263539\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW70263539\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\">Raman microscope to resolve micron to sub-micron<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW70263539\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW70263539\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\">layers in polymer laminates<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW70263539\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70263539\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"EOP SCXW70263539\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We encounter plastic films several times a day. Walk through a grocery store and you&#8217;ll likely see dozens of examples of plastic packaging. Low density polyethylene (LDPE) film acts as a gas barrier, so you&#8217;ll likely find it in meat section packaging chicken or ground beef. 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