A Welcome Honor for Spectroscopy
It's one thing to believe you are good at something, and another altogether to have that belief reinforced by an objective third party.
It's one thing to believe you are good at something, and another altogether to have that belief reinforced by an objective third party. At Spectroscopy, we have always prided ourselves on the high quality of our content and the hard work that goes into acquiring, producing, and delivering that content to the marketplace. And at this year's annual awards banquet of the American Society of Business Publication Editors, held in July in New York City, this belief was validated, as Spectroscopy's well-known quarterly supplement, Current Trends in Mass Spectrometry, received national recognition with the Silver Award for Best Supplement.
Spectroscopy has won awards in the past, such as the Silver Regional Award in 2008. However, this national recognition, in a category in which the competition consisted of some of the most prestigious publications in the industry, was humbling indeed. More than anything, however, this award is a tribute to the talented research teams at private labs, universities, and government institutes around the world who contribute to this supplement series, in the process bringing us the latest cutting-edge content in the critical and life-affecting field of mass spectrometry. In that sense, we are merely a platform from which these brilliant researchers can reach the marketplace and bring the practicing scientists in this field the latest trends and information that enable them to be more productive in their daily work.
With this in mind, and knowing that it is Spectroscopy's readers who truly drive the publication forward, we would like to invite readers who are interested in learning more about contributing to a future issue to contact us at spectroscopyedit@advanstar.com or use the contact information listed in the masthead. We always welcome new submissions to this and all of our supplemental issues, so please don't hesitate to contact us.
David Walsh
Editor-in-Chief
David Walsh
Getting accurate IR spectra on monolayer of molecules
April 18th 2024Creating uniform and repeatable monolayers is incredibly important for both scientific pursuits as well as the manufacturing of products in semiconductor, biotechnology, and. other industries. However, measuring monolayers and functionalized surfaces directly is. difficult, and many rely on a variety of characterization techniques that when used together can provide some degree of confidence. By combining non-contact atomic force microscopy (AFM) and IR spectroscopy, IR PiFM provides sensitive and accurate analysis of sub-monolayer of molecules without the concern of tip-sample cross contamination. Dr. Sung Park, Molecular Vista, joined Spectroscopy to provide insights on how IR PiFM can acquire IR signature of monolayer films due to its unique implementation.
Researchers Develop Adaptive Gap-Tunable SERS Device
April 24th 2024In a new study, researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology and Pohang University of Science and Technology presented a new surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) device, improving gap plasmon resonance.
