Technology Forum

Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy is used in various application areas, including pharmaceutical analysis, medical diagnostics, and food and agrochemical analysis. Participants in this Technology Forum are Edwin Weusthof of Avantes BV, John Richmond of Bruker Optics, and Yvette Mattley of Ocean Optics.

Raman spectroscopy has been put to good use in applications such as nanomaterials development as well as in quality control laboratories.

Industrial use of X-ray fluorescence (XRF) is on the rise, often involving workers who are not spectroscopists. This brings advantages, as well as a need for more XRF training.

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) has been used for real-world applications ranging from mining sample analysis to threat analysis to industrial process control. Participants in this Technology Forum are Benjamin W. Smith of the University of Florida, Andrzej Miziolek of the US Army Research Laboratory, and Steve Buckley of Photon Machines, Inc.

Lasers are becoming of increasing importance in many spectroscopic techniques, including Raman spectroscopy, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, and terahertz spectroscopy. Participants in this Technology Forum are Naoto Akikusa of Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. and Richard. C. (Dick) Wieboldt of Thermo Fisher Scientific.

FT-IR spectroscopy is an important tool in the analytical laboratory, and its use has been extended by the advent of portable instruments for field operation. Participants in this Technology Forum include Richared Larsen of Jasco, Inc., Sharon Palmer and Jerry Sellors of PerkinElmer, and Simon Nunn of Thermo Fisher Scientific.

This month, Spectroscopy's Wavelength Tech Forum looks at the topic of ICP and the trends and issues surrounding it. Joining us for this discussion are Shona McSheehy, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and Dr. Laszlo Ernyei, Senior Chemist/ Spectroscopist, SPEX CertiPrep.

This month's Technology Forum looks at the topic of FT-IR/NIR and the trends and issues surrounding it. Joining us for this discussion are Robert Mattes, FOSS NIRSystems, Inc.; Debbie Peru, Colgate Palmolive; and Dr. Richard A. Larsen, JASCO.

This month's Technology Forum looks at the topic of optics and lasers and the trends and issues surrounding it. Joining us for this discussion are Rob Morris, Director of Marketing, Ocean Optics, Inc.; and Phil Taday, Applications Group Leader, fromTeraView Limited.

This month's Technology Forum looks at the topic of FT-IR/NIR and the trends and issues surrounding it. Joining us for this discussion are Alan Rein, Vice President, Business Development, from A2 Technologies; Paul A. Wilks, President, from Wilks Enterprise, Inc.; and Dr. Simon Nunn, Director of Marketing, Molecular & Microanalysis, from Thermo Fisher Scientific.

This month's Technology Forum looks at the topic of optics and lasers and the trends and issues surrounding them. Joining us for this discussion are Rob Morris, with Ocean Optics, Sergey Mirov, with University of Alabama at Birmingham, Dan Merdes, with Penn State University, and Tim Kane, with Penn State University.

In this month's Technology Forum, participants discuss trends in X-ray spectroscopy. Joining us for this roundtable are Kimberley Russell, Director of Marketing for Innov-X Systems, and Steven Pomerantz, Director of X-ray Business Development for Thermo Electron Corporation.

Raman spectroscopy is one of the fastest growing analytical techniques in use today. In this month's Technology Forum, we look at some of the reasons for the increase in its popularity and new applications for the technique. From Mesophotonics Limited, our participants are Caterina Netti, applications manager, and Stephen Allen, Vice President, Analytical Business. Our participants from HORIBA Jobin Yvon are Fran Adar, Worldwide Raman Applications Manager, and Andrew Whitley, Vice President, Raman Spectroscopy.

New developments in lasers and optical technologies are bringing about exciting changes in spectroscopy. Faster lasers are leading to faster, more sensitive detectors, taking the accuracy of optical measurement to the next level. This month, we talk about the developments in optics and lasers. Our participants are Rob Morris, director of marketing and customer relations at Ocean Optics; and Steven Buckley, technical director of Photon Machines.

The excitement of Pittcon is barely over, and many of us, at our desks or lab benches, might be mulling over the events of that week. Are you curious to hear what others thought of Pittcon 2006? In this month?s Tech Forum, participants discuss the conference, the changes it has undergone over the years, and offer their opinions for improving it in the future. This month?s forum members include Howard Mark of the consulting service Mark Electronics and a member of Spectroscopy?s Editorial Advisory Board; Robert Thomas, principal consultant at Scientific Solutions; Anthony Nip, who is with CambridgeSoft Corporation and is also a member of Spectroscopy?s Editorial Advisory Board; and Ray Kaminski, vice president of the fluorescence group at HORIBA Jobin Yvon.

How is the spectroscopy industry doing this year? This month, our roundtable participants analyze trends in the industry based on their expertise. This month?s discussion includes John Carroll, managing partner at Cadrai Technology Group, and Emil Ciurczak, chief technical officer at Cadrai Technology Group, and member of Spectroscopy?s Editorial Advisory Board.

This month, our Technology Forum contributors share their views on Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and Fourier transform-near infrared spectroscopy (FT-NIR), analyzing the current state and future trends of these popular techniques. Our participants are: Richard Larsen, scientific applications manager and Wendy Gardinier, scientific product specialist at Jasco, Inc.; Francis Mirabella, principal scientist at Lyondell Chemical Co.; and Sharon Williams, infrared business manager at PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences.