Abstract:
The present invention provides an apparatus having a sample separation unit, a Raman spectroscopy unit, and a mass spectrometry unit. The present invention further provides a method for specifying a biomolecule and a method for identifying the binding site of the biomolecule and the low-molecular-weight compound, comprising a combination of Raman spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. The present invention further provides a surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy method with improved sensitivity.
Abstract:
Provided is a multifocal spectrometric device capable of simultaneously performing a measurement of a plurality of sample with high sensitivity, with no restriction on the magnification. A multifocal spectrometric device 10 is a device in which beams of signal light emitted from a plurality of predetermined observation areas on samples S placed in a sample placement section (sample holder 13) are introduced into a spectrograph and thereby dispersed into spectra, the device including: a plurality of objective lenses (objective light-condensing sections) 111 individually located at positions which respectively and optically face the plurality of observation areas; and spectrograph input sections 151 provided in such a manner that each of the plurality of objective lenses 111 has one corresponding spectrograph input section 151, for introducing signal light passing through the corresponding objective lenses 111 into the spectrograph 17. Since each objective lens 111 only needs to observe one observation area, both the magnification and the numerical aperture NA can be simultaneously increased. Consequently, the proportion of the amount of light collected with the objective lens 111 to the entire amount of signal light emitted from the sample S within each observation area becomes high, and the measurement accuracy also becomes high.