Spectroscopy-03-01-2013

Characterizing oil shale, particularly black shale consisting of kerogen, with Raman spectroscopy

A close look at the distinct definitions of mass and current research and proposals for redefining the kilogram in terms of natural constants

How the core spectroscopy techniques - molecular, atomic, and mass spectrometry - will fare in 2013 based on the results from last year's data

Short Courses

An overview of applications of various types of MS systems in drug discovery efforts, including in vitro and in vivo screening assays

Products

Photodiode-array (PDA) UV–vis spectrophotometers offer an alternative to conventional scanning UV–vis instruments and potentially great benefits to a certain subset of end-users. Although it is not a high growth market, it should remain a sizeable market for many years to come.

The results from Spectroscopy's annual salary survey examines working conditions and more.

A new method allows samples to be measured "as-is" with direct contact with the ATR crystal.

A historical account of Talbot's contributions to spectroscopy

Click the title above to open the Spectroscopy March 2013 regular issue, Vol 28 No 3, in an interactive PDF format.