Spectra of the Month Experiments
Posted on: August 25th, 2022
Background/Applications: Human skin measurements apply to many industries and field studies with differing analyses in absorbance, transmission, and or reflectance. In this experiment, we tested the absorbance and reflectance of…
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Posted on: June 28th, 2022
Conducted by: David Ademe (Applications Engineer), and Sara Beard (Chemistry Intern), Avantes Inc. Background/Applications: Indocyanine Green (ICG) is a powdered dye that is used for fluorescence imaging in a variety…
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Posted on: May 30th, 2022
Conducted by: David Ademe (Applications Engineer), Avantes Inc. Theme: NIR Reflection Spectroscopy Background/Applications: Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy is a spectroscopic method that uses the near-infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum (from…
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Posted on: April 28th, 2022
Spectra of the Month (April, 2022) Conducted by: David Ademe (Applications Engineer), Avantes Inc. Theme: LIBS Background/Applications: Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) is a type of atomic emission spectroscopy which uses…
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Posted on: March 30th, 2022
Spectra of the Month (March 2022) Conducted by: David Ademe (Applications Engineer), Avantes Inc. Theme: Transmission Background/Applications: Transmission spectra can be used in a wide range of measurements and data…
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Posted on: February 22nd, 2022
Theme: Fluorescence Conducted by: David Ademe (Applications Engineer), Avantes Inc. Background/Applications: Fluorescence spectroscopy is a method where a single wavelength/band of light is used to excite a sample that emits a…
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Posted on: January 18th, 2022
Conducted by: David Ademe (Applications Engineer), Avantes Inc. Theme: Biomedical, Reflection/Transmission Background/Applications: Often times in medical applications, surrogate samples (also known as tissue phantoms) are used to simulate human tissue.…
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Posted on: October 27th, 2021
Conducted by: David Ademe, Avantes Inc. Theme: Agriculture Background/Applications: Absorption and reflection measurements can be used to determine the freshness of various crops, from grains to fruits and vegetables. NIR…
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Posted on: September 27th, 2021
Conducted by: David Ademe, Avantes Inc. Theme: Absorbance/ATR Probe Background/Applications: Absorbance spectroscopy can bring entirely new perspectives on samples through a wide range of industries. This includes industrial lines, where…
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Posted on: August 26th, 2021
Conducted by: David Ademe, Avantes Inc. Theme: Absorbance Background/Applications: Absorbance spectroscopy can bring entirely new perspectives on samples through a wide range of industries. This includes the water industry, verifying…
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