Application Notes: General

Light is utilized in a wide range of spectroscopic techniques and practices to gain a variety of information about materials and chemicals. These analyses can include material/chemical identification, quantitative analysis, quality control/quality assurance testing, and biological studies, among other applications. Applications, along with sample handling for both FTIR and UV-Vis spectroscopy, will be outlined in this paper.

Ensure medical device safety and compliance with our advanced testing solutions. Discover technologies that enhance reliability, meet regulatory standards, and improve patient outcomes. Download our brochure to support your device development and compliance journey.

The PerkinElmer Spectrum Two FTIR spectrometer and IR biodiesel application pack enable precise FAME biodiesel analysis in diesel blends per EN14078 standards, offering a simple workflow, 0–50% calibration range, and compliance assurance for QC labs.

Using the LAMBDA 1050+ UV/Vis/NIR Spectrophotometer and ASTM E 903-20, this study measured Total Solar Reflectance (TSR) of paints. White had the highest TSR, dark green the lowest, optimizing materials for energy-efficient applications.

Discover how the PerkinElmer FL 6500 fluorescence spectrophotometer enhances Euro banknote security by detecting fluorescent features with unmatched precision. Ideal for forensics and law enforcement, it ensures currency integrity and combats counterfeiting effectively.

Vaccines save millions annually, yet their journey from lab to clinic demands rigorous testing. Our brochure explores cutting-edge analytical solutions driving vaccine development, from upstream analysis to fill-and-finish, ensuring readiness against ever-evolving pathogens.

Using the PerkinElmer LAMBDA® 365+ UV/Vis spectrophotometer, this application note demonstrates RNA quantification via Beer-Lambert’s Law, constructing calibration curves and assessing RNA purity through absorbance ratios at 260 nm for precise analysis.

This application note highlights the PerkinElmer OilExpress 4 Platform for automated FAME biodiesel analysis, combining FTIR spectroscopy with high-throughput efficiency, processing up to 384 samples, ensuring accurate fuel quality testing while simplifying workflows in busy labs.

Explore advanced hyphenated techniques like TG-IR and TG-GC/MS in this applications compendium, showcasing innovative solutions for materials analysis, energy storage, and environmental monitoring. Unlock groundbreaking insights and revolutionize your laboratory’s analytical capabilities today.

PerkinElmer’s fluorometric assay, using the FL 6500 spectrometer, provides critical insights into enzyme kinetics. Studying horseradish peroxidase (HRP) with Michaelis-Menten modeling, it highlights substrate concentration's impact on reaction rates, aiding process optimization across industries.

This application note demonstrates the Operational Qualification of the PerkinElmer Lambda 365+ UV/Vis Spectrophotometer, following USP <1058> guidelines to ensure reliable, consistent data and instrument fitness for quality assurance in pharmaceutical applications.

Trace metals analysis of battery components is a must, as efforts continue to increase battery performance hinge on understanding the elemental composition.

Digestion of oils and plastics can be a challenge to even skilled analytical laboratories. Herein, samples ranging from robust to routine are completely digested in minutes.

Battery production requires consistent materials. Use of the MARS 6 HT microwave digestion system enables digestion of many samples in a single batch, ideal for production.

Digest viscous and high-density polymer and plastic samples easily to determine heavy metal content. The MARS 6 makes digesting 0.25 g samples in a single batch easy.

High structural selectivity of Raman, with spectral & spatial resolution & non-destructive nature of Raman make it ideal as a standard characterization tool in the growing field of graphene.

Nano-characterization of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides materials which are considered of very high potential semiconductors for future nanosized electronic and optoelectronic devices

Focus on the approach of HORIBA group towards analysis and method development of MPs and NPs.

Characterization of carbon materials is crucial in various industries, particularly for ensuring quality of Li-ion batteries. Explore the background & challenges with traditional analysis.

“2-in-1” application of HORIBA micro-XRF for proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) catalyst research.

Raman spectroscopy, Photoluminescence and SEM-CL techniques, where the instruments weren’t physically connected

A reverse engineering study on a bipolar plate from a commercial vehicle using GD-OES & Raman spectroscopy. The analyses revealed the plate had an amorphous carbon coating on a titanium base plate.

Multilayer polymer films, composed of different materials, are used in a variety of industrial applications.

Until recently, time-domain spectroscopies based on the optical Kerr effect (OKE) have been limited to the lab due to the unavailability of compact femtosecond lasers.

Raman microscopy is a powerful technique for identifying the source of forensic samples, such as paint traces. As a non-destructive method of forensic analysis, evidence samples are not compromised during investigation. During forensic investigations, evidence samples are often compared to a database of known specimens for identification. In this Application Note, we show how the RM5 can be used to differentiate between different samples and how spectral library searching allows for the matching of paint samples within seconds.

Learn about the challenges of preparing polymer samples for elemental analysis and how advanced microwave digestion systems, particularly Single Reaction Chamber (SRC) technology, optimize this process for better accuracy, efficiency, and safety.

This study provides an overview of correlative Raman imaging, PL and topographic analyses of compound semiconductors used to characterize composition and defects.