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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En route to a unified model for photo-electrochemical reactor optimisation. I – Photocurrent and H2 yield predictions
FEB Lora, A Hankin, GH Kelsall - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017 A semi-empirical model was developed for the prediction of photocurrent densities and implemented to predict the performance...
Application Note – Predicting Ripeness of Avocados with a Near-Infrared Spectrometer System
Introduction The ripeness of an avocado affects its flavor, aroma, color and texture. Ripeness, however, is difficult to determine because the fruit ripens without obvious changes in external...
How sulfidation of ZnO powders enhances visible fluorescence
JG Simmons, ME Reish, JV Foreman, J Liu, H Everitt - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2017 The mechanism for producing efficient white light phosphors from sulfidated zinc oxide (ZnO) powders is...
Enhanced outcoupling in flexible organic light-emitting diodes on scattering polyimide substrates
KM Lee, R Fardel, L Zhao, CB Arnold, BP Rand - Organic Electronics, 2017 We demonstrate an upscalable approach to increase outcoupling in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) fabricated on flexible...
In Situ Photogeneration of Palladium Nanoparticles in Thermoplastic Polyurethane: Photopatterning and Enhanced Oxygen Barrier Property
JD Mangadlao, H Xu, E Baer, RC Advincula - Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2017 A solid phase synthesis of sub 5 nm palladium nanoparticles (Pd NP) by in situ photogeneration in thermoplastic...
Visible light assisted NO 2 sensing at room temperature by CdS nanoflake array
HY Li, JW Yoon, CS Lee, K Lim, JW Yoon, JH Lee - Sensors and Actuators B: …, 2017 A Highly ordered CdS nanoflake array was fabricated by CVD, and its gas sensing characteristics were investigated....