One of the fastest growing new areas of demand for Raman spectroscopy is in the security market. Technological improvements have helped to unlock the large potential of the technique for security applications. There has been a rash of acquisitions in the market that have completely reshaped the competitive landscape over the last few years, which is typical of such dynamic markets.

Spectroscopy

Microwave-Induced Combustion for ICP-MS: A Generic Approach to Trace Elemental Analyses of Pharmaceutical Products

April 01, 2011

Article

A general MIC–ICP-MS method has been successfully developed for the assay of elemental impurities in pharmaceutical products.

Spectroscopy

An Integration of Modified Uninformative Variable Elimination and Wavelet Packet Transform for Variable Selection

April 01, 2011

Article

The wavelet packet transform (WPT) combined with the modified uninformative variable elimination (MUVE) method (WPT–MUVE) is proposed to select variables for multivariate calibration of spectral data.

Spectroscopy

LIBS in Forensics

April 01, 2011

Columns: Lasers and Optics Interface

A Q&A with Jose Almirall, PhD, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the director of the International Forensic Research Institute at Florida International University.

Spectroscopy

Keep Your Distance

April 01, 2011

From the Editor

The growing and evolving use of homemade explosives, as well as biological and chemical threats, in terrorism and modern warfare, has driven the development of new and improved methods for detecting and identifying these materials. University and military researchers, as well as commercial instrument companies, are working hard to develop systems that are portable and rugged enough for field use, particularly for standoff detection.

Vol 26 No 4 Spectroscopy April 2011 Regular Issue PDF

April 01, 2011

Spectroscopy

Issue PDF

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