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Traditional qualitative analysis of agricultural materials using near-infrared spectroscopy can be improved using information-based classification methods, such as projection based on principal components and the Fisher criterion (PPF).

Using Information-Based Classifications to Distinguish Characteristics of Raw Agricultural Materials by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

A frequency comb is a laser source, with evenly spaced narrow lines, potentially useful for spectroscopy applications, particularly as a source or for alignment of the wavelength axis.

A Brush with Frequency Comb Spectroscopy: A Developing Story

Plasma spray–deposited metal films are used in many industrial applications. This study shows how high resolution terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) can be used to analyze and characterize such films.

Terahertz Spectral Characterization of Plasma Spray–Deposited Nickel Film on an Alumina Cylinder

A rapid vis-NIR spectroscopy method for determining soil particle size and quality.

Optimization of a Soil Particle Content Prediction Model Based on a Combined Spectral Index and Successive Projections Algorithm Using Vis-NIR Spectroscopy

Jerome Workman Jr. serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of Spectroscopy and is currently with Unity Scientific LLC. He is also an adjunct professor at Liberty University and U.S. National University. He can be reached at jworkman04@gsb.columbia.edu.

Howard Mark serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of 

 and runs a consulting service, Mark Electronics that provides assistance, training, and consultation in near-IR spectroscopy as well as custom hardware and software design and development.

In celebration of Spectroscopy’s 35th Anniversary, leading experts discuss important issues and challenges in analytical spectroscopy.

One Real Challenge That Still Remains in Applied Chemometrics

An important class of nanoparticles made of “upconversion” materials has found a central role in sensing. These nanoparticles are used to convert longer-wavelength photons into shorter-wavelength fluorescence to detect temperature, pH, gas molecules, ions, and trace biomolecules.

The Rise of the Upconversion Materials

Our annual review of products introduced at Pittcon or during the previous year, broken down by the following categories: accessories, atomic spectroscopy, components, imaging, mass spectrometry, mid-IR, NIR, NMR, Raman, software, UV-vis, and X-ray.

Review of New Spectroscopic Instrumentation 2016

Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy offers quick analysis with no sample preparation for many fields, but it is particularly popular for process monitoring, materials science, and medical uses. NIR has also seen applications in agriculture from the very start of the technique, but new instrument capabilities are poised to offer even more to that field. Benoît Igne, a principal scientist at GlaxoSmithKline in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, recently spoke to us about his work using NIR and areas where he thinks the technique has growth potential, specifically process analytical technology and agriculture.

From Pharmaceutical to Agricultural Applications: What’s New in NIR?

In honor of Spectroscopy's celebration of 30 years covering the latest developments in materials analysis, we asked a panel of experts to assess the current state of the art of near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy and try to predict how the technology will develop in the future.

Analysis of the State of the Art: Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

This article provides a basic overview of the capabilities of transmission gratings optimized for molecular spectroscopy.

Near Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy