The Use of Raman Spectroscopy in the Pharmaceutical Industry – from Discovery to the Warehouse
Raman spectroscopy has been utilized in the pharmaceutical community for years. Raman works best for raw material identification, polymorphic studies and high throughput screening. However, many active ingredients exhibit fluorescence precluding the use of Raman. A new hand-held Raman spectrometer is now available for users to analyze samples utilizing new patented fluorescence mitigation methods. This new spectrometer has a wide spectra range, high spectral quality for optimizing the analysis, resulting in virtual elimination of false positive/false negative test results.
Improving Fluorescence and Raman Techniques for Environmental Microplastic Analysis
March 31st 2025A recent study conducted at the LaserLaB Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (the Netherlands) explored spectroscopic imaging techniques, including Raman and fluorescence microscopy, for characterizing microplastics (MPs), focusing on optimizing sample preparation, particularly density separation, and Nile Red staining.Spectroscopy spoke to Merel Konings, corresponding author of the paper resulting from the study, about her work
New Study Provides Insights into Chiral Smectic Phases
March 31st 2025Researchers from the Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences have unveiled new insights into the molecular arrangement of the 7HH6 compound’s smectic phases using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and infrared (IR) spectroscopy.
