Application Notebook-02-01-2010

Spectroscopy is planning to publish the next issue of The Application Notebook special supplement in September.

According to the Scientific Working Group for the Analysis of Seized Drugs (SWGDRUG), techniques with the highest discriminating power should preferentially be used for forensic identification of seized drugs.

In the life sciences and bio-medical research, in the food as well pharmaceutical industry, the development of characteristic emulsions and suspensions with distinctive features play an important role.

Grazing angle Ge ATR spectroscopy is extremely sensitive to monolayers and thin films on high refractive index substrates such as Si.

One of the most common product safety-related analytical tests in the pharmaceutical industry (often referred to as a Limit Test) is the quantification of heavy metals or inorganics in all materials within a pharmaceutical product.

A "Smart" Oxygen Cuvette has been developed by coating the inner surface of a plastic (PMMA) cuvette with sol-gel based oxygen-sensitive indicator material.

BaySpec, Inc. has developed a complete line of 1064 nm excitation, dispersive Raman systems that offer maximum reduction in fluorescence interference from biological samples and thus making them very useful tools for biofuel research.

TD-NMR (Time-Domain Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) is a powerful tool for the petrochemical industry, from exploration to refining, that examines materials at the molecular level to quantify physicochemical properties.

Diagnostic instruments such as blood analyzers and flow cytometers utilize induced fluorescence to detect bio-factors of interest in a heterogeneous sample.

Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) measures the change in the weight of a sample as a function of temperature.

While many are adopting a wait-and-see attitude with regard to events such as Pittcon 2010, others are moving ahead with business as usual.

Low concentration natural methanol exists in most alcoholic beverages and usually causes no immediate health threat.

A prerequisite for a successful biotherapeutic formulation is one where the protein is stable and correctly folded.

Fourier Transform-Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) is a powerful technique for fast and non-destructive analysis of plastic films.

Fat and other nutritional values can easily be determined by NIR analysis. However a proper sample preparation beforehand is essential for a correct result.