In our June issue:
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Lasers and Optics Interface
LIBS at the Submicrometer Scale
Laura Bush
Vassilia Zorba of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California, discusses what her studies have revealed about the mechanisms of plasma emission at small scales, and what she has found when applying femtosecond LIBS to the study of advanced battery materials.
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Chemometrics in Spectroscopy
How to Select the Appropriate Degrees of Freedom for Multivariate Calibration
Jerome Workman Jr. and Howard Mark
There is some confusion about the use of degrees of freedom (df) for various calibration and prediction situations. This is what you need to know.
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Spectroscopy Spotlight
How Are ICP Methods Being Used in the Petroleum and Biofuels Industry?
Inductively coupled plasma (ICP), coupled with optical emission spectroscopy (OES) and mass spectrometry (MS), has seen a lot of recent growth for the direct analysis of organic samples such as petroleum and biofuels. José-Luis Todolí of the University of Alicante in Spain talks about his work to improve the analytical figures of merit in ICP-OES and ICP-MS in these analyses.
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Raman Spectroscopy Part IV: Raman in the Plant Environment: The Final Challenges
This final presentation in a four part series will assist you in designing a well-planned approach to enabling Raman PAT in the manufacturing world.
Presenters: Dr. John Wasylyk, Principal Scientist and Mark Lindrud, Senior Scientist at Bristol-Myers Squibb
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Peer-Reviewed Article
Emerging Trends and Opportunities in Discrete-Frequency Infrared and Raman Spectroscopic Imaging
Rohit Bhargava, Tomasz P. Wrobel, and Matthew R. Kole
Discrete-frequency infrared (DFIR) microscopy and stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) microscopy may represent a fundamental shift in how we approach spectroscopic imaging.
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Raman Technology for Today's Spectroscopists supplement
Raman Spectroscopy for Identification of Contaminant Materials in Pharmaceuticals
Kathryn Lee, Markus Lankers, Oliver Valet, and Justyna Cherris
Examples of using Raman spectroscopy to determine pharmaceutical product quality.
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Raman Spectroscopy as a Tool for Analytical Quality Control in a Hospital Environment
Karen A. Esmonde-White
Two applications of Raman spectroscopy in a hospital environment are reviewed: analytical quality control for compounded formulations and gas analysis during general anesthesia.
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Evaluation of Eye Shadow Compounds Using Raman Microspectroscopy
Richard A. Larsen, Mie Okazaki, Takeo Soejima, Ken-ichi Akao, Kohei Tamura, and Koushi Nagamori
A method for the identification and spatial discrimination of the components in eye shadow samples using Raman microspectroscopy.
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Polarized Raman Spectroscopy of Aligned Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Amir Mashal, Dick Wieboldt, Katherine Jinkins, and Michael S. Arnold
A look at how polarized Raman imaging can be used to characterize alignment in large regions of aligned semiconducting carbon nanotube films.
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Recent Developments in Handheld Raman Spectroscopy for Industry, Pharma, Forensics, and Homeland Security: 532-nm Excitation Revisited
Aleksandr V. Mikhonin, Susan Hodi, Laurence A. Nafie, and Rina K. Dukor
Handheld Raman using 532-nm excitation is an effective option for field analysis, in applications ranging from the analysis of biopharmaceuticals to explosive detection.
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Using SERS to Study How Cells Respond to Pharmaceuticals
Colin Campbell discusses his work applying SERS to biomedical applications.
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Raman Spectroscopy and Imaging of Low-Energy Phonons in Solid-State Structures
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Preparation and Elemental Analysis of Foodstuffs Using Microwave Assisted Sample Digestion and ICP-OES
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USP 232 and 233: Understanding Method Requirements and Guidance for Getting Your Laboratory Ready for Implementation
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Editors' Series: Forensic Applications of Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry
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Understanding Single-Particle ICP-MS in Nanotoxicology and Ecotoxicology
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