NIR NewsPub Date : 2023-11-30DOI: 10.1177/09603360231213946
José Manuel Amigo
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NIR NewsPub Date : 2023-07-30DOI: 10.1177/09603360231190405
Richard A. Crocombe
{"title":"Near-infrared spectroscopy at Pittcon 2023","authors":"Richard A. Crocombe","doi":"10.1177/09603360231190405","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09603360231190405","url":null,"abstract":"The Pittsburgh Conference (Pittcon) was held in Chicago in March 2020, immediately before worldwide coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) restrictions came into place. The attendance then was down from previous years, and it was noticeable that airports were deserted. Therefore Pittcon 2023, held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was the first chance for many people to get together in more than three years. The Philadelphia Convention Center is built around a former railway terminus, with reminders of its older purpose still visible, and part of it sits above a large, very popular indoor market (Figure 1). The Symposium “Frontiers of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Analytical Applications” was organized by Krzysztof Bec and Christian Huck (University of Innsbruck). Unfortunately, COVID-19 still affected the Symposium and three of the speakers were unable to attend. At short notice the author of this summary (Figure 2) was asked to step in to chair the session, and he used the available time to allow the speakers to overrun their normal time allocation, and to have a fruitful panel discussion, so that there were no gaps in the schedule (Figure 3). Richard Crocombe’s (Crocombe Spectroscopic Consulting) talk was about “Miniature Optical Spectrometers and Multispectral Sensors in Consumer Goods and Wearables”. He described the latest development in portable spectroscopy, the availability of very low-cost multispectral sensors, about the size of computer chips, leading to the possibility of embedding them into consumer goods. Multispectral devices can be produced in volume via semiconductor and optical coating techniques, at very low cost – less than $10 each. Multispectral sensors can now not only be incorporated into ‘white goods’ like washing machines and dryers, but also into ‘fitness’ products like smart watches and sports watches, and as photonic miniaturization increases, into ‘wearables’ like smart rings, providing the user with health information. Silicon photonics and photonic integrated circuits, produced en masse using semiconductormanufacturing techniques, are the ideal next step. The presentation surveyed the field, and highlighted some ‘smart’ consumer device possibilities, from toothbrushes to toilets. Boris Mizaikoff’s (Ulm University and HahnSchickard) talk was on “Midvs. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy: Challenges and Potential”. He discussed the miniaturization of spectrometers and advances in fiber-optic devices and spectral data processing which make NIRS a powerful analytical technology for its implementation at various points along the entire food chain to meet the growing demands of food product control. The portability of the latest generation miniaturized NIR systems makes their application for the quality and authentication control and monitoring of a wide range of food products feasible, to provide challenging solutions to specific demands of the food industry that were completely unthinkable and unaffordable before these developments.","PeriodicalId":113081,"journal":{"name":"NIR News","volume":"211 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123057124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NIR NewsPub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.1177/09603360231180400
Lola Pérez-Marín
{"title":"Upcoming activities of the SensorFINT European Network for 2023","authors":"Lola Pérez-Marín","doi":"10.1177/09603360231180400","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09603360231180400","url":null,"abstract":"The first one is the Second SensorFINT International Conference that will be held in Berlin from 5 to 7 June. This conference is organised in collaboration with the Chemometrics and Quality Assurance Group of the German Chemical Society at the Julius Kühn-Institut. The conference will be structured in different sessions, each opened by internationally renowned keynote speakers, on the following topics:","PeriodicalId":113081,"journal":{"name":"NIR News","volume":"113 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117154136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NIR NewsPub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.1177/09603360231179427
K. Beć, C. Huck
{"title":"Good vibrations, smooth contours at NIR 2023 Innsbruck: A preview of the conference","authors":"K. Beć, C. Huck","doi":"10.1177/09603360231179427","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09603360231179427","url":null,"abstract":"It is with great pleasure that we extend an invitation to the International Conference on Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIR 2023 Innsbruck, https://www. nir2023.at/), which will be held from 20 to 24 August 2023, at the Congress Innsbruck in Austria. As a renowned biannual event – the 21st meeting of the vivid community gathered around the International Council of Near Infrared Spectroscopy (ICNIRS), the NIR symposium series attracts a global community of over 500 participants and is considered the foremost conference in the rapidly advancing field of NIR spectroscopy.","PeriodicalId":113081,"journal":{"name":"NIR News","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127885986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NIR NewsPub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.1177/09603360231180314
J. A. Cayuela-Sánchez
{"title":"‘Specific Normalization’ method for NIRS calibrations","authors":"J. A. Cayuela-Sánchez","doi":"10.1177/09603360231180314","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09603360231180314","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, we present a chemometric procedure called ‘Specific Normalization’. It upgrades the calibration for use in a specific set of new samples by normalizing together the spectra of both the calibration set and a new measured sample set. The proposed procedure is shown for near infra-red spectroscopy measurement of olive oil acidity, as an example. This procedure would need its integration as software application for routine analysis.","PeriodicalId":113081,"journal":{"name":"NIR News","volume":"216 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134257577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}