Podcasts

Raman spectroscopy has gained a lot of interest in recent years. Capable of yielding chemical identification/quantification information, it is a possible alternative to the more wide-spread, complimentary techniques of FT-IR and near-IR spectroscopy. tec5USA specializes in UV-VIS-NIR and Raman spectroscopic instrumentation for process control. Their Systems Product Manager discusses Raman spectroscopy and some of the challenges of incorporating this method into process control. 

ICP offers greater speed, precision and sensitivity compared to atomic absorption techniques of mass spectrometry. But ICP is also subject to higher levels of interference. Spectroscopy spoke with Jerry Delude, President of Glass Expansion, about recent advances in sample introduction systems that enable users to meet ever-tighter analytical specifications.

The spectral information around us can be used in an expanding realm of technologies, especially as the detecting devices get smaller. To learn more about this, Spectroscopy magazine talked with Ger Loop, who is the Product Manager of Avantes, to discuss the future of miniature spectroscopy and the role Avantes wants to play in it.

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An interview with Rohit Bhargava, winner of the 2013 Craver Award. This interview is part of the 2013 podcast series presented in collaboration with the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS), in connection with SciX 2013, the federation?s North American conference.

Ken Marcus and his group at Clemson University have developed a miniaturized liquid sampling atmospheric pressure glow discharge source. Originally designed for atomic spectroscopy, the source actualy works for both elemental and organic mass spectrometry. It can operate in various types of solutions, from the acidic to the saline, without ion suppression, and is small and portable.

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Volker Deckert, the winner of the 2013 Charles Mann Award, is advancing the use of tip enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) to push the lateral resolution of vibrational spectroscopy well below the Abbe limit, to achieve single-molecule sensitivity. Because the tip can be moved with sub-nanometer precision, structural information with unmatched spatial resolution can be achieved without the need of specific labels.