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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.

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L. Robert Baker is an associate professor at The Ohio State University in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. His research focuses on X-ray spectroscopy, nonlinear and time-resolved spectroscopy, the chemistry of surfaces and interface science, and energy conversion and catalysis—work that may lead to better solar energy conversion materials. He is the winner of the 2021 Emerging Leader in Atomic Spectroscopy Award, which is presented by Spectroscopy magazine. This annual award, begun in 2017, recognizes the achievements and aspirations of a talented young atomic spectroscopist, selected by an independent scientific committee.

The 2021 Emerging Leader in Atomic Spectroscopy: Using X-ray Spectroscopy to Understand Surface Science and Energy Conversion

Perovskites are known to be useful for fabrication of solar cells, and their crystalline structure plays an important role in their electronic properties. Here, we show how Raman analysis is able to confirm the presence of the required crystalline phase for solar cell production.

Raman Spectroscopy as a Tool for Rapid Feedback of Perovskite Growth Crystallinity and Composition

Spectroscopy Announces the Winner of the 2021 Emerging Leader in Atomic Spectroscopy Award

David Tuschel is a Raman applications manager at Horiba Scientific in Edison, New Jersey, where he works with Fran Adar. David is sharing authorship of the "Molecular Spectroscopy Workbench" column with Fran.

Raman spectroscopy is extremely useful for characterizing crystalline materials.

Raman Crystallography and the Effect of Raman Polarizability Tensor Element Values

This approach provides traceable and reliable quantitative elemental analysis of airborne particles for on-site environmental measurement with portable instrumentation.

Reliable Chemical Analysis of Aerosols by Reference-Free X-ray Spectrometry for Monitoring Airborne Particulate Matter

Here, we compare XRD and FT-IR for analysis of suspect counterfeit pharmaceuticals to determine how the techniques can be used in a complementary fashion.

The Use of X-Ray Powder Diffraction (XRD) and Vibrational Spectroscopic Techniques in the Analysis of Suspect Pharmaceutical Products

Portable spectroscopic instruments have not had significant visibility within the scientific community compared with, for instance, the current generation of high-performance laboratory mass spectrometers.

The Future of Portable Spectroscopy

Forensic traces are physical remnants of past events that provide critical information for criminal and civil investigations and adjudications. The scientific examination of traces is an incredibly valuable tool for forensic investigations, because the skilled interpretation of traces yields factual answers to a range of pertinent questions.

Combining Spectroscopy with Microscopy for Advancing the Analysis of Forensically Relevant Traces

The increasing demand for secondary electrochemical storage devices requires well characterized and working battery systems.

Investigations of Ageing Mechanisms for New High-Energy- Density Battery Materials with X-Ray Spectrometry

Click the title above to open the Spectroscopy November 2019 Supplement, X-Ray Spectroscopy Methods & Applications in an interactive PDF format.

X-ray Analysis