Spectroscopy News

RSS

A Mechanistic Investigation of Phosphonium Borane Catalysts Using In Situ Raman Spectroscopy

In an upcoming study from ACS Catalysis, researchers developed a series of novel phosphonium borane catalysts and investigated them using Raman spectroscopy in the context of CO2/epoxide copolymerizations.

21 Sep 2022

Novel Method for Generating Comparable SIF Signals to Understand SIF-GPP Relationship at Different Scales

In an article published in the journal Remote Sensing of Environment, researchers combined airborne solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence SIF data with simultaneous 'ground truth' data collected by mobile and stationary platforms in a soybean field in Nebraska, USA.

16 Sep 2022

Spectroscopy Helps Fight Marine Plastic Pollution

A recent study in Sensors discusses applying laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy technology to identify marine plastics. The plastic pellets can be accurately classified with more than 80% accuracy owing to the application of chemometric analytical instruments.

16 Sep 2022

Establishing a Spectral Database for Airborne Particles

In an article published in the journal Molecules, researchers developed a novel optical-trapping Raman spectroscopy (OT-RS) technique for identifying, characterizing, and detecting single aerosol particles in their native atmospheric state.

16 Sep 2022

Getting to the Bottom of Whiskey Authenticity with Spectrometry

In an article published in the journal Foods, researchers analyzed the elemental profile of 205 samples of whiskey to distinguish them according to the parameter of their authenticity using cold vapor-atomic absorption (CVAAS), inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).

14 Sep 2022

Study Uses Laser Direct Infrared Imaging to Analyze Microplastic Exposure in Humans

In a pre-proof article posted in the Journal of Hazardous Materials, researchers applied novel laser direct infrared imaging (LDIR) spectroscopy to achieve rapid microplastic analysis (MP analysis).

13 Sep 2022

Study Uses Raman Spectroscopy to Measure Double Emulsion Droplets

In an article published in the journal Applied Sciences, researchers investigated the influence of refractive index matching of double emulsion phases by the Raman signal strength of the inner water phase measurement for different refractive index combinations.

12 Sep 2022

Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry Helps Quantify Nanoparticles

Researchers have presented a model that estimates the number of nanoparticles in water. Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-vis) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were used to create and analyze citrate-capped gold nanoparticles.

12 Sep 2022

Study Proposes LED Hyperspectral Imaging for Biomedical Applications

A recent study published in Sensors proposes a unique laboratory hyperspectral imaging system designed for biomedical optics.

30 Aug 2022

Study Develops Raman Spectroscopy for Lignite Gasification Char Morphotypes

In an article published in Energies, researchers characterized and compared the microstructural features of the main morphotypes occurring in the char obtained at 850–950 °C by fluidized bed gasification of lignite from the "Szczerców" deposit (Central Poland), bringing new insights into the knowledge on the origin of these morphotypes.

30 Aug 2022