Jun 12, 2018 | Application, Optical Metrology, Reflectance
Ayaka Sato, Yuya Ikeda, Koichi Yamaguchi and Varun Vohra – Nanomaterials 2018 Abstract Facile detection and the identification of hazardous organic solvents are essential for ensuring global safety and avoiding harm to the environment caused by industrial...
Apr 3, 2018 | Agriculture, Application, Color Measurement, Environmental, Reflectance
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 method was developed for determining soil pH involving indicator...
Nov 10, 2017 | Application, Reflectance
Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy has been used widely to characterize tissue properties for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. This thesis focuses on the use of spectroscopy for early pressure ulcer detection. The most common early diagnosis technique for...
Jul 10, 2017 | Application, Biology, News, Optical Emission Spectroscopy, Raman, Reflectance
Modern technological advances have made our lives easier – from pharmaceuticals to help us stay healthy, to pesticides that allow greater crop yield – at least in the short term. But, what happens to these compounds once we are done using them? Many of them end up in...
Jun 1, 2017 | Application, Biology, News, Optical Emission Spectroscopy, Reflectance
Every week, it seems like another friend or family member is diagnosed with cancer. The American Cancer Society predicts that 1,688,780 people will be diagnosed with cancer and 600,920 people will die from cancer in the US in 2017. This problem isn’t limited to the...
Jan 11, 2017 | Application, Biology, Color Measurement, Reflectance, SpectroRadiometry
DS Wright, N Demandt, JT Alkema, O Seehausen… – Journal of Evolutionary …, 2016 Local adaptation can be a potent force in speciation, with environmental heterogeneity leading to niche specialization and population divergence. However, local adaption often...