Spectroscopy-10-01-2009

Spectroscopy previews the 36th FACSS, to be held October 18–22, 2009, in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Columnist Fran Adar discusses applications for Raman and FT-IR spectroscopy.

It has been said that time seems to move faster the older you get, and judging by how quickly we have reached the end of 2009, I would say this cliché is certainly valid. With the holiday season just around the corner, 2009 is nearing a close, and even though this may mean vacation time and more time away from work for many, for those in the field of spectroscopy, this time of year (ironically) has always meant an uptick in conference and symposia activity.

The authors discuss the feasibility of using Raman spectroscopic markers for the study of lipid-protein complexes in model systems and review relevant Raman spectroscopic markers for lipids and proteins.

In this installment, columnists Jerome Workman and Howard Mark describe the statistical underpinnings related to computation and interpretation of chemometric methods and statistics for reporting clinical quantitative measurement methods.

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The authors present results obtained with two specialized LIBS systems. The data illustrate how LIBS and LIBS/Raman analyzers can answer a multitude of real-world needs for chemical analysis of various substances.

Fourier transform (FT)–Raman spectroscopy is one of two general categories of Raman spectroscopy. Its adoption helped make Raman spectroscopy a commercially viable analytical technique, and it is still widely used. Although it has become somewhat of a niche technique, demand continues to grow.

Click the title above to open the Spectroscopy October 2009 regular issue, Vol 24 No 10, in an interactive PDF format.