IR Spectroscopy for Today's Spectroscopists

Peak shifts in infrared spectra may occur for many reasons other than structural changes on the molecular or unit cell level. Here, we discuss several examples.

Igor K. Lednev at the University at Albany SUNY in New York explains advances in forensic analysis using a variety of chemometrics techniques to classify ATR FT-IR and Raman spectra of bodily fluids.

Infrared nanoscopy is a valuable new spectroscopy tool for exploring the nanoscale of materials science. Mun Seok Jeong of Sungkyunkwan University in Korea explains.

Inline FT-NIR and offline terahertz Raman imaging analysis are used to characterize active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) crystallinity and to monitor different solid physical states of the API, to control process parameters of hot melt extrusion.

Resonant SEIRA overcomes the limitations of traditional Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy for minute sample sizes of relatively low absorptivity. Frank Neubrech of Heidelberg University is exploring resonant SEIRA in applications such as monitoring dynamic processes and hyperspectral infrared chemical imaging.