Spectroscopy Applications
Explore how researchers, manufacturers, and quality-control laboratories use StellarNet spectrometers to solve real-world measurement challenges. Our compact UV-Vis, VIS-NIR, NIR, and Raman spectroscopy systems support applications across food safety, pharmaceuticals, advanced materials, thin films, biomedical research, environmental monitoring, industrial process analysis, radiometry, and space science.
Browse the application areas below to discover customer research, technical articles, spectroscopy methods, and practical solutions for absorbance, transmission, reflectance, fluorescence, Raman, radiometric, and chemometric analysis.
Key Application Areas
Food Safety & Quality
Advanced & quantum materials
Thin Films & Optical Coatings
Pharmaceuticals & Nutraceuticals
Biomedical & Life Sciences
Environmental & Microplastics
Industrial & Process Analysis
Lighting, Displays & Radiometry
Featured Spectroscopy Application –
Astronomy, Space & Remote Sensing
Astronomy spectroscopy gives researchers a way to study light from objects and environments far beyond the laboratory. StellarNet systems support astronomical spectroscopy for research into stars, planets, meteors, and atmospheric phenomena. Spectral measurements can reveal information that cannot be seen through imaging alone. Compact instruments also open new possibilities for space spectroscopy and CubeSat missions where size and flexibility matter. From meteor and aurora research to remote sensing and educational astronomy, StellarNet provides accessible spectroscopy tools for exploring our planet and the universe beyond it.
Astronomy, Space & Remote Sensing
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Example Raman Lab: Exploring Chemical Bonding Using Raman Spectroscopy
In the previous experiments, you were introduced to visible and fluorescence spectroscopy. You learned that different molecules absorb and emit different wavelengths of light and that you can...
Engineering an E. coli Near-Infrared Light Sensor
NTX Ong, EJ Olson, JJ Tabor - ACS Synthetic Biology, 2017 Abstract Optogenetics is a technology wherein researchers combine light and genetically engineered photoreceptors to control biological...
Cd-free quantum dot pellets for efficient white light generation
Y Altintas, MY Talpur, E Mutlugün - Optics Express, 2017 Abstract Semiconductor quantum dots have been on demand for niche optoelectronic applications providing color tenability and possessing high...
Development of a Spectrophotometric Method for Determining pH of Soil Extracts and Comparison with Glass Electrode Measurements
 S Bargrizan, RJ Smernik, LM Mosley - Soil Science Society of America Journal, 2017 Abstract Soil pH measurement using conventional glass electrodes has several limitations. A spectrophotometric...
Homeostatic plasticity shapes the visual system’s first synapse
RE Johnson, NW Tien, N Shen, JT Pearson, F Soto… - Nature Communications, 2017 Abstract Vision in dim light depends on synapses between rods and rod bipolar cells (RBCs). Here, we find that these...
Selective Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer Cells by Plasma-Activated Saline Solutions
Z Chen, L Lin, E Gjika, X Cheng, J Canady, M Keidar - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 Abstract Atmospheric discharge between a metal pin cathode and saline solution (SS) anode with different air gap...