NanoScan Spectroindenter: a new approach to nanomechanical testing integrated in Raman microscopes

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The design of the NanoScan SpectroIndenter measurement module for integrating a nanohardness tester with a commercially available Raman microscope is presented, using the Renishaw InVia model as an example. An innovative inverse load device layout allows simultaneous time-synchronized measurements of mechanical and optical (structural) characteristics. The design features of the module and its technological advantages for the examination of both transparent and opaque materials are presented.

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I. V. Laktionov

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University)

Author for correspondence.
Email: box@ilaktionov.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8576-3669

Engineer

Russian Federation, Dolgoprudny

A. S. Useinov

Institute of High-Pressure Physics named after L.F.Vereshchagin RAS

Email: box@ilaktionov.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9937-0954

Cand. of Sci. (Physics and Mathematics), Deputy Director

Russian Federation, Troitsk

S. A. Votyakov

Institute of High-Pressure Physics named after L.F.Vereshchagin RAS

Email: box@ilaktionov.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0007-9155-2853

Junior Researcher

Russian Federation, Troitsk

V. N. Reshetov

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University)

Email: box@ilaktionov.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8426-5991

Doct. of Sci. (Physics and Mathematics), Prof., Docent.

Russian Federation, Dolgoprudny

G. H. Sultanova

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University)

Email: box@ilaktionov.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4770-5724

Engineer

Russian Federation, Dolgoprudny

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