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To avoid risky and costly exploration, petroleum companies use isotope fingerprinting for the identification of sources of oil and natural gas.

How Do Isotope Fingerprints Support Petrochemical Investigations?

This app note demonstrates the effectiveness of utilizing the NanoRam-1064 for analyzing and identifying botanical ingredients while minimizing fluorescence.


Botanical Verification with Handheld Raman

The concentration of ethanol in hand sanitizer was determined using a calibration developed with an automated ATR sampling accessory.

Quantifying Ethanol in Hand Sanitizer via Automation

This study shows Raman imaging, atomic force microscopy, and scanning near-field optical microscopy characterizing and depth-profiling polymer blends and layers. 

Correlative Raman Imaging of Polymeric Materials

Learn about a novel narrow-linewidth 785 nm laser and how it can be used in low-frequency Raman spectroscopy, especially for inspection of pharmaceutical products.

Narrow-Line width Diode Lasers Facilitate Pharmaceutical Inspection

This application note demonstrates the analysis of gold alloys by EDXRF for the determination of gold and silver content, and of base metals and other alloying metals. 

Analysis of alloys of gold alloys

This application note reviews a new series of high-performance PFA nebulizers that were designed for low sample volume ICP-MS applications and feature a demountable uptake line.

A High-Performance, Demountable PFA Nebulizer for ICP-MS Applications

This application note explains the concept of Raman Concatenation, which allows users to visualize the Raman spectra from 0 to 4000 cm by utilizing two lasers.


How Concatenation Enhances Raman Spectroscopy

Raman spectroscopy is an advantageous analysis technique to the pharmaceutical research industry for its easy operation and screening accuracy.

Raman Mapping Analysis in Pharmaceutical Research

We describe several Ocean Insight NIR spectrometer options that meet a significant range of price, performance, and application criteria.

A Guide to Modular NIR Spectrometers

This application note details how the Renishaw Virsa Raman analyzer can be used to study catalysts, with vanadium oxide as an example.


Analyzing Catalytic Powders with Virsa Raman Analyzer

In vaccine production, level of antigens in products must be controlled. Antigens typically consist of proteins. The quantification of total protein is a method of choice.


Total Protein Determination in Pharmaceutical Products (Vaccines) by TNb Analysis on Multi N/C 2100S Pharma

This HORIBA application note demonstrates the importance of an intermediate slit and the critical role it plays in stray light rejection of a true double monochromator

A Double Monochromator on a Spectrofluorometer

This application note demonstrates the performance of the Oxigraf Safety Monitor to measure the concentration of oxygen molecules in gas samples at a helium laboratory.

Quantum Computer Helium Laboratory Oxygen Deficiency Monitor

This triple quadrupole ICP-MS method development guide demonstrates how interferences can affect the detection of elements and how to overcome them.

ICP-MS Method Development Guide

This application note shows the utility of Kaiser Raman for real-time monitoring of polymorphic transformation under various process conditions within a cGMP environment. 

In Situ Monitoring of Polymorphic Transformation of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients

BaySpec introduces BreezeTM the world’s smartest palm spectrometer for 400-2500 nm with a simple one-button operation, featuring proprietary miniaturized optics.


BreezeTM – Full Coverage from 400 nm to 2500 nm

In formulating pharmaceuticals, it is important to understand the chemical composition and morphologies of ingredients, which can lead to changes in product performance.


Combined Chemical and Particle Distribution Analysis of Pharmaceutical Powders

This application note details the RA802’s ability to deformulate the make-up of a transdermal nicotine patch.


Raman Imaging for Deformulating a Transdermal Patch

In this white paper we look at reverse engineering existing drug products using Raman imaging. 


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