Spectroscopy-03-01-2014

Spectroscopy magazine is pleased to announce the addition of Gary McGeorge, PhD, to its editorial advisory board.

Our annual salary survey takes a look at the employment markets faced by spectroscopists in 2014. The results are surprising.

Horiba Scientific (Edison, New Jersey) has acquired Photon Technology International (PTI) (Birmingham, New Jersey). PTI is a supplier of research spectrofluorometers, serving the university and research laboratories as well as industrial and biomedical markets.

A critical review of the main developments in instrument technology, calibration, and sample preparation that have made it possible to determine low sulfur concentrations in fuels followed by a discussion of strategies to minimize spectral interferences related to sulfur determination by ICP-MS, such as collision–reaction cells, high-resolution mass analyzers, and the interference standard method.

Highlights of recent advances in three major areas of molecular spectroscopy: infrared (IR), Raman, and fluorescence.

A look at ICP–MS, ICP–OES, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, and laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy in the areas of research and development, marketing, application, and use of these techniques.

Here, Li2CaSiO4:Sm3+ reddish orange phosphors were synthesized by a solid-state reaction method and examined by spectroscopic methods.

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Polarized Raman spectra are presented along with a discussion of the association of the symmetry species of the normal vibrational mode and the depolarization ratio of Raman scattering.

Click the title above to open the Spectroscopy March 2014 regular issue, Vol 29 No 3, in an interactive PDF format.