Calendar of Events
16–19 Eastern Analytical Symposium and Exposition, Garden State Exhibit Center, Somerset, NJ;
Contact: E-mail: askEAS@eas.org,
Website: www.eas.org
18–22 16th Annual Meeting SFRBM — The Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine, San Francisco, CA
Contact: Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 8365 Keystone Crossing, Suite 107, Indianapolis, IN 46240; Tel. (317) 205-9482; E-mail: info@sfrbm.org,
Website: http://www.sfrbm.org/16AnnualMeeting.php
19–23 30th SETAC Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA
Contact: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 1010 N. 12th Avenue, Pensacola, FL 32501-3367; E-mail: setac@setac.org,
Website: www.setac.org
24–27 LILS — Light in Life Sciences Conference, Melbourne, Australia;
Contact: Website: http://www.physics.mq.edu.au/research/fluoronet/LILS09/
30 – 4 December, Materials Research Society, Boston, Massachusetts
Contact: E-mail: info@mrs.org, Ph: (724)779-3003, Fax: (724)779-8313;
Website: www.mrs.org
2–5 10th European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry (EMEC10), Limoges, France
Contact: EMEC 10 Secretary; E-mail: emec10@unilim.fr
Website: www.unilim.fr
3–9 2010 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Fort Myers, FL
Contact: Ramon Barnes, University Research Institute for Analytical Chemistry, P.O. Box 666, Hadley, MA 01035-0666; E-mail: wc2010@chem.umass.edu,
Website: http://icpinformation.org
22–25 Sanibel Conference on Mass Spectrometry, "From Structural Biology to Drug Discovery: New Roles for Mass Spectrometry of Nucleic Acids," St. Petersburg Beach, Florida
Contact: ASMS, 2019 Galisteo Street, Building I-1, Santa Fe, NM 87505, E-mail: asms@asms.org, Ph: (505)989-4517 or (800)825-3220, Fax: (412)825-3224;
Website: www.asms.org
23–28 SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA
Contact: Tel. (888) 504-8171; E-mail: customerservice@spie.org,
Website: http://spie.org/x2584.xml
24–27 LabAutomation2010, Palm Springs, CA
Contact: Association for Laboratory Automation, 330 West State Street, Geneva, IL 60134, E-mail: Brenda Dreier, bdreier@labautomation.org, Ph: (888) 733-1252, Fax: (630) 578-0172;
Website: www.labautomation.org
31–February 3 Applications of Lasers for Sensing and Free Space Communications, San Diego, CA
Contact: Kristin Mirabal, E-mail: kmirab@osa.org
2–4 IFPAC 2010 24th International Forum Process Analytical Technology, Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, Baltimore, MD
Contact: Email: info@ifpacnet.org,
Website: www.ifpac.com;
6–9 SPIE Medical Imaging San Diego, CA
Contact: Website: http://spie.org/x12166.xml
28–March 5 Pittcon 2010, Orlando, FL;
Contact: Website: http://www.pittcon.org
3–6 IRUG9 — Ninth Biennial International Conference of the Infrared and Raman Users Group, Buenos Aires, Argentina;
Contact: E-mail: irug9@qu.fcen.uba.ar,
Website: www.irug9.com
5–9 Defense, Security, and Sensing 2010 Orlando World Center Marriott Resort & Convention Center, Orlando, Florida.
Contact: Website: http://spie.org/defense-security-sensing.xml
21–25 239th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA;
Contact: Website: http://portal.acs.org
2–6 Joint Conference of the 14th In Vivo ESR/EPR Spectroscopy & Imaging and the 11th International EPR Spin Trapping/Spin Labeling (EPR 2010), San Juan, Puerto Rico
Contact: Antonio E. Alegria, Ph.D, Scientific Secretariat, Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico at Humacao, Estacion Postal CUH, Humacao, P. R. 00791, E-mail: antonio.alegria1@upr.edu, Ph: (787)309-6961, Fax: (787)850-9422.
Website: www.epr2010.org
16–21 CLEO/QELS 2010, Laser Science to Photonic Applications, San Jose McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, CA
Contact: E-mail: Angela Stark, astark@osa.org;
Website: www.cleoconference.org
17–19 SPIE Scanning Microscopy 2010, Monterey, CA;
Contact: Website: www.spie.org/x19036.xml
23–27 58th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry (ASMS 2010), Salt Lake City, UT
Contact: American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 2019 Galisteo Street, Building I, Santa Fe, NM 87505; Tel. (505) 989-4517, Fax: (505) 989-1073; E-mail: office@asms.org
6–9 5th Nordic Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Loen, Norway
Contact: Yngvar Thomassen, National Institute of Occupational Health, P.O. Box 8149 DEP, N-0033 Oslo, Norway; E-mail: yngvar.thomassen@stami.no,
Website: www.nordicplasma.com
28–July 2 Laser Optics 2010, St. Petersburg, Russia
Contact: E-mail: conf2010@laseroptics.ru,
Website: www.laseroptics.ru
13–16 International Symposium on Luminescence Spectrometry, Prague, Czech Republic
Contact: Symposium Secretariat, CZECH-IN s.r.o., Professional Event & Congress Organiser, Prague Congress Centre, Prague, Czech Republic, E-mail: info@isls2010.org, Ph: 420 261 174 301, Fax: 420 261 174 307;
Website: www.isls.org
31–August 6 IDRC 2010 — International Diffuse Reflectance Conference, Chambersburg, PA
Contact: Website: www.idrc-chambersburg.org/
1–5 SPIE Optics & Photonics 2010, San Diego, CA
Contact: Website: www.spie.org
2–6 Denver X-Ray Conference 2010, Denver Marriott Tech Center Hotel Denver, CO
Contact: Website: http://www.dxcidd.com/
8–13 XXII International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy, Boston, MA
Contact: ICORS 2010 Conference Office, 2019 Galisteo Street, Building I-1, Santa Fe, NM 87505; Tel. (505) 989-4735; E-mail: office@icors2010.org
13–17 Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy 2010 (LIBS 2010), Memphis, TN
Contact: Dr. Jagdish P Singh, E-mail: LIBS2010@icet.msstate.edu, Ph: (662)325-7375, Fax: (662)325-8465;
19–22 European Symposium on Polymer Spectroscopy (ESOPS 18), Zadar, Croatia;
Contact: Prof. Vesna Volovšek, ESOPS 18 Secretariat, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, E-mail: esops18@fkit.hr, Ph: 385 1 4597135.
Website: www.esops18.com
21–24 SRI 2010 — 50th U.S. National Conference on Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation, Argonne, IL;
Contact: Website: www.lightsources.org
17–21 Annual Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS), Raleigh, NC
Contact: FACSS, P.O. Box 24379, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502, E-mail: facss@facss.org, Ph: (505)820-1648, Fax: (505)989-1073;
Website: www.facss.org
18–21 26th Annual International Conference on Contaminated Soils, Sediments, and Water, Amherst, MA
Contact: Denise Leonard, Environmental Health Sciences, N344 Morrill, University of Massachusetts, 639 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003-9298; E-mail: dleonard@schoolph.umass.edu
Website: www.umass-soils.com
7–11 31st SETAC Annual Meeting, Portland, OR
Contact: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 1010 N. 12th Avenue, Pensacola, FL 32501-3367; E-mail: setac@setac.org,
Website: www.setac.org
TBA Eastern Analytical Symposium and Exposition, Garden State Exhibit Center, Somerset, NJ;
Contact: E-mail: askEAS@eas.org,
Website: www.eas.org
15–20 Pacifichem 2010, Honolulu, HI
Contact: Pacifichem 2010 Congress Secretariat, c/o American Chemical Society, 1155 16th St. N.W., Washington, DC, 20036; E-mail: pacifichem@acs.org,
Website: http://pacifichem.org/
The Big Review III: Molecular Vibration Theory
January 2nd 2025It has occurred to me that, in the 10+ years I have been writing about molecular vibrations, I have never introduced my readers to its basic theory! I will rectify that now. Some of this is new material, and some will be review. Either way, it is important that all this material be covered in one place.
Raman Microscopy for Characterizing Defects in SiC
January 2nd 2025Because there is a different Raman signature for each of the polymorphs as well as the contaminants, Raman microscopy is an ideal tool for analyzing the structure of these materials as well as identifying possible contaminants that would also interfere with performance.
ICP-MS Highlights: A Spectroscopy Year in Review
December 28th 2024Reflecting on 2024, the editors of Spectroscopy highlight some of the most notable articles and online content on inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and inductively coupled-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES).