Peer-reviewed Articles

This study uses Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy to analyze how the globular protein ovalbumin's secondary structures transition under varying pH conditions in the presence of the cosolvent xylitol, highlighting the role of noncovalent interactions in these conformational changes.

In this paper, a system based on laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and back propagation (BP) method was developed for the composition and traceability analysis of crop burning smoke.

The study developed an effective mid-infrared spectroscopic identification model, combining principal component analysis (PCA) and support vector machine (SVM), to accurately determine the geographical origin of five types of millet with a recognition accuracy of up to 99.2% for the training set and 98.3% for the prediction set.

A method combining inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) with inductively coupled plasma–optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) was developed for multielement determination of 50 species of major, minor, micro, and trace, rare earth, and rare elements in geological samples.

This study applied principal component regression (PCR) and partial least squares (PLS) algorithms for the spectrophotometric analysis of a drug containing antazoline hydrochloride (AN) and naphazoline hydrochloride (NP) without chemical separation. Both methods showed high accuracy and precision, with results closely matching those from a reference HPLC method, and were successfully validated for analyzing commercial pharmaceutical products.

This study uses hyperspectral imaging (HSI) technology, in synergy with machine learning and deep learning algorithms, to innovate a non-destructive method for the assessment of chicken freshness.

This study aimed to establish a fast, accurate method for quality evaluation of herbal medicine using NIR and chemometrics with ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry (UV-vis) as a standard method to determine the total flavonoids content.

In this work, a stable variable selection method based on variable stability correction (VSC) and modified iterative predictor weighting-partial least squares (mIPW-PLS) is proposed for the quantitative analysis of steel samples by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS).

Photodynamic therapy is widely used as an established biomedical optical modality for the conservative treatment of tumors. This work investigates laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy of the emerging photodynamic photosensitizer BODIPY-520 in turbid media.

To study the optical properties of mixed crude oil, the optical constants of samples consisting of two crude oils mixed in different proportions were obtained by the double-thickness transmittance method based on transmittance spectra.

In this article, tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) is used to measure ammonia leakage, where a new denoising method combining empirical mode decomposition with the Savitzky-Golay smoothing algorithm (EMD-SG) is proposed to improve the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of absorbance signals.

To study the effect of various extractants on the structure of peat humic acid, peat humic acid was extracted using NH3·H2O, Na2CO3, NaHCO3, and Na2SO3 via alkali-extraction and acid-precipitation methods.

In this paper, a one-time digestion method for the determination of arsenic (As), antimony (Sb), selenium (Se), and mercury (Hg) in geological samples was established.

A complex fluorescence method utilizing the Sn(II)-salicylfluorescein (SAF)-cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTMAB) system demonstrated effective detection of Sn(II) with a linear relationship between its concentration and fluorescence intensity, along with successful application in various sample matrices with high recovery rates.

In this peer-reviewed article, the research team presents a kinetic fluorescence method suitable for the determination of trace Ni(II) in water samples.

The results in this study indicate that NIR spectroscopy is a potentially promising approach for the rapid identification of different harvest times of Cabernet Sauvignon grapes, and the proposed technique is helpful for the prediction of ripened and over-ripened Cabernet Sauvignon grapes during the harvest time.

The article describes a method for geochemical sample analysis using polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) crucibles and ICP-MS, achieving detection limits below 0.2 μg/g and relative standard deviations ranging from 1.1% to 16.4%. The approach minimizes acid usage, prevents dust contamination, accurately determines volatile elements, and is deemed suitable for high-throughput laboratories with numerous samples and diverse elements to be tested.

DNA effectively removes chrysene from contaminated water through intercalation, as confirmed by various analytical methods, offering a potential novel approach for chrysene elimination in water pollution.

Understanding gallstone formation requires examining their elemental composition. Here, EDS and LIBS were used with PLS-DA to quantify elements found in human gallstones.

A recent study used aluminum foil-assisted ATR-FT-IR spectroscopy to detect acute kidney injury (AKI) in a rat model using plasma samples. The results show how ATR-FT-IR could be used to study more types of clinical samples in the future.

A review of exponential signal models with machine learning in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is discussed here.

Shifted-excitation Raman difference spectroscopy (SERDS) is a technique that is capable of reducing the interference caused by fluorescence and improve the potential of Raman for distinguishing drug compounds in seized samples with fluorescent additives. Here, 43 drugs were analyzed to show the practical application of SERDS.

The effect of 0.5 M sulfuric acid on the structural changes of gelatin using peak deconvolution analysis and FT-IR spectra was investigated.

We examine the feasibility of FT-NIR for the detection of early fungal infections in citrus.

An examination of how Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy analysis is conducted on ovalbumin (OVA) in different pH conditions with and without cosolvent sucralose (SUC) inclusion.

A new FID-FM fusion model for infrared measurements of glucose in synthetic samples is proposed, comparing prediction performance to full PLS, SMR, XGBoost, CBR, and DSFPLS modeling methods.

ATR-FT-IR spectroscopy can provide rapid and portable measurements in forensic applications, demonstrating its ability to rapidly detect biomarkers and the presence of cocaine in fingernails.

A look at how the spectral properties single-phase green emission phosphor make it suitable for near-UV light-emitting diode (NUV-LED) applications.

UV-Vis-NIR can be used to understand how ancient buildings were constructed. Here, a UV-Vis-NIR and EDXRF spectrophotometer were used to analyze glazed tiles that comprised a historical site built in Ancient China.