Virtually every scientific field has made strides by harnessing light to study the properties of substances. This technique, called spectroscopy, has countless research applications, and innovations ...

Infrared vibrational spectroscopy could enable the production of high-resolution maps of molecules inside live cells and cell organelles. A new study from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and Humboldt ...

Understanding biomolecular function at the atomic scale requires detailed insight into the structural changes underlying dynamic processes. Vibrational infrared (IR) spectroscopy─when paired with ...

Researchers have developed a low-cost method for the analysis of interfacial molecules by combining ATR-IR with precise gap-control and multi-variate data analysis. A novel spectroscopic method ...

Successful interpretation of infrared spectra isn’t about memorizing peak positions, it’s about pattern recognition! Join Brian Smith of Big Sur Scientific as he discusses the fundamentals of infrared ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is a powerful method for mapping chemical heterogeneity on ...

We propose a particle MCMC sampler to learn the kinetic parameters of a chemical system, specifically the adsorption and desorption of CO on Pd(111). Reproducible Research Compendium for "Improving ...

A recent study in Scientific Reports presents a method for identifying liver tumor subtypes during surgery using fiber-optic attenuated total reflection infrared (ATR-IR) spectroscopy combined with ...

PiFM and PiF-IR are the next generation of infrared spectroscopy techniques. PiFM brought a major shift to atomic force microscopy by adding chemical mapping capabilities. PiF-IR, its sister technique ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) utilizes mid-infrared spectroscopy to precisely analyze molecular components such as water vapor and sulfur dioxide in exoplanet atmospheres. The key to this ...