Applied SpectroscopyPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-06-10DOI: 10.1177/00037028241257961
Evan M Kelly, Miles J Egan, Arelis Colόn, S Michael Angel, Shiv K Sharma
{"title":"Half-Inch Monolithic Spatial Heterodyne Raman Spectrometer: A Study of Polarized Raman Spectra of Organic Liquids and Instrumental Performance.","authors":"Evan M Kelly, Miles J Egan, Arelis Colόn, S Michael Angel, Shiv K Sharma","doi":"10.1177/00037028241257961","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00037028241257961","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Raman spectroscopy allows for the unambiguous identification of materials through the inelastic scattering of light. This technique has a great many uses in various aspects of society from academic, scientific, and industry. This paper explores a specific type of Raman spectrometer called a spatial heterodyne Raman spectrometer (SHRSy), which is a variation of an interferometric spectrometer. It utilizes a Michelson interferometer and replaces the mirrors with gratings that transform it from a time-domain spectrometer to a spatial-domain spectrometer, allowing for the entirety of the spectrum to be captured at once. This study specifically tests a half-inch two-grating monolithic SHRS (½-in. 2g-mSHRS), which has a weight of <60 g and a size of 2.2 × 2.2 × 1.3 cm. To do this we excite a variety of organic liquids with a 532 nm neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) pulsed laser, using an excitation energy of 6.5 mJ/pulse and distance of 3 m in conjunction with an intensified charge-coupled device camera. This is the first time that the SHRS has been used for investigating polarized Raman spectra of liquids. We discuss and contrast the instrumental properties such as resolution, spectral range, étendue, and field of view with previously tested mSHRS to give context to the instrument's performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"1062-1070"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141295471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advertising and Front Matter.","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/00037028241292113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028241292113","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":"78 10","pages":"1009-1014"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142456783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coomassie Brilliant Blue G for Smart Colorimetric Determination of the Ionic Surfactants in Triton X-100 Solutions.","authors":"Liudmyla Korzhan, Sergey Kulichenko, Serhii Lelyushok, Viktoriia Klovak","doi":"10.1177/00037028241267900","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00037028241267900","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The conditions for the smart colorimetric determination of cetylpyridinium chloride and sodium dodecyl sulfate by reaction with Coomassie brilliant blue G (CBBG) have been proposed. The nature of the absorption and fluorescence spectra of aqueous solutions of CBBG as a function of acidity has been investigated. A variety of reagent forms and associations with ionic surfactants have been demonstrated. The composition of the associates formed in the CBBG-cationic surfactant system has been established. The increase in the analytical signal of the cationic surfactant and the stabilization of the colloid-chemical state of the system during reactions in the organized medium of the nonionic surfactant Triton X-100 has been demonstrated. These effects are realized through association in premicellar solutions and as a result of the solubilization of components in Triton X-100 micellar solutions. The addition of long-chain cationic surfactants to the reagent occurs with the replacement of the heteroatom proton. The absorption of CBBG-cationic surfactant associates solutions increases with the length of the cationic surfactant hydrocarbon chain. Ethanol additives decrease the aggregation of CBBG. The technique of cationic surfactant determination has been tested in the analysis of the pharmaceutical. The results show that the simplicity of analytical signal registration with satisfactory correctness and acceptably high sensitivity of determination is an advantage of the developed technique.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"1105-1114"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141878254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Applied SpectroscopyPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-08-11DOI: 10.1177/00037028241268158
Daniele T Dias, Andressa O Rodrigues, Pietra B Pires, Betina C Semianko, Maria E K Fuziki, Giane G Lenzi, Simone R F Sabino
{"title":"Photoacoustic Spectroscopy of Titanium Dioxide, Niobium Pentoxide, Titanium:Niobium, and Ruthenium-Modified Oxides Synthesized Using Sol-Gel Methodology.","authors":"Daniele T Dias, Andressa O Rodrigues, Pietra B Pires, Betina C Semianko, Maria E K Fuziki, Giane G Lenzi, Simone R F Sabino","doi":"10.1177/00037028241268158","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00037028241268158","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim of this work was the development and morphological/chemical, spectroscopic, and structural characterization of titanium dioxide, niobium pentoxide, and titanium:niobium (Ti:Nb) oxides, as well as materials modified with ruthenium (Ru) with the purpose of providing improvement in photoactivation capacity with visible sunlight radiation. The new materials synthesized using the sol-gel methodology were characterized using the following techniques: scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), photoacoustic spectroscopy (PAS), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The SEM-EDS analyses showed the high purity of the bases, and the modified samples showed the adsorption of ruthenium on the surface with the crystals' formation and visible agglomerates for higher calcination temperature. The nondestructive characterization of PAS in the ultraviolet visible region suggested that increasing calcination temperature promoted changes in chemical structures and an apparent decrease in gap energy. The separation of superimposed absorption bands referring to charge transfers from the ligand to the metal and the nanodomains of the transition metals suggested the possible absorption centers present at the absorption threshold of the analyzed oxides. Through the XRD analysis, the formation of stable phases such as T-Nb<sub>16.8</sub>O<sub>42</sub>, <i>o</i>-Nb<sub>12</sub>O<sub>29</sub>, and rutile was observed at a lower temperature level, suggesting pore induction and an increase in surface area for the oxides studied, at a calcination temperature below that expected by the related literature. In addition, the synthesis with a higher temperature level altered the previously existing morphologies of the Ti:Nb, base and modified with Ru, forming the new mixed crystallographic phases Ti<sub>2</sub>Nb<sub>10</sub>O<sub>29</sub> and TiNb<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub>, respectively. As several semiconductor oxide applications aim to reduce costs with photoexcitation under visible light, the modified Ti:Ru oxide calcined at a temperature of 800 °C and synthesized according to the sol-gel methodology used in this work is suggested as the optimum preparation point. This study presented the formation of a stable crystallographic phase (rutile), a significant decrease in gap energy (2.01 eV), and a visible absorption threshold (620 nm).</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"1028-1042"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141878259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Applied SpectroscopyPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-09-05DOI: 10.1177/00037028241275192
Michael Naylor Hudgins, Todd K Knobbe, Julia Hubbard, Andrew Steele, Justin G Park, Morgan F Schaller
{"title":"In Situ Quantification of Carbonate Species Concentrations, pH, and pCO<sub>2</sub> in Calcite Fluid Inclusions Using Confocal Raman Spectroscopy.","authors":"Michael Naylor Hudgins, Todd K Knobbe, Julia Hubbard, Andrew Steele, Justin G Park, Morgan F Schaller","doi":"10.1177/00037028241275192","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00037028241275192","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Carbonate minerals are globally distributed on the modern and ancient Earth and are abundant in terrestrial and marine depositional environments. Fluid inclusions hosted by calcite retain primary signatures of the source fluid geochemistry at the time of mineral formation (i.e., pCO<sub>2</sub>) and can be used to reconstruct paleoenvironments. Confocal laser Raman spectroscopy provides a quick, nondestructive approach to measuring the constituents of fluid inclusions in carbonates and is a reliable method for qualitatively determining composition in both the aqueous and gas phases. Here, we demonstrate a method for accurately quantifying bicarbonate and carbonate ion concentrations (down to 20 mM) and pH (7-11) from calcite fluid inclusions using confocal Raman spectroscopy. Instrument calibrations for carbonate (CO<sub>3</sub><sup>2-</sup>) and bicarbonate (HCO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>) concentrations and pH were performed using stock solutions. We show that the calcite host mineral does not affect the accurate quantification of carbonate solution concentrations and that these parameters can be used to estimate the pH and pCO<sub>2</sub> of a solution entrapped within a fluid inclusion. We apply the technique to Icelandic spar calcite and find a [CO<sub>3</sub><sup>2-</sup>] = 0.11, [HCO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>] = 0.17, pH = 10.1, and CO<sub>2</sub> parts per million = 2217. The presence of gaseous Raman bands for CO<sub>2</sub>, CH<sub>4</sub>, and H<sub>2</sub>S suggests that the mineral precipitated in a reducing environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"1015-1027"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142139140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Applied SpectroscopyPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-08-22DOI: 10.1177/00037028241268279
Cheolwoo Bong, Seong-Kyun Im, Hyungrok Do, Moon Soo Bak
{"title":"Estimation of the Global Equivalence Ratio of a Swirl Combustor from a Small Number of Absorption Spectra Using Machine Learning.","authors":"Cheolwoo Bong, Seong-Kyun Im, Hyungrok Do, Moon Soo Bak","doi":"10.1177/00037028241268279","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00037028241268279","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A new optical diagnostic method that predicts the global fuel-air equivalence ratio of a swirl combustor using absorption spectra from only three optical paths is proposed here. Under normal operation, the global equivalence ratio and total flow rate determine the temperature and concentration fields of the combustor, which subsequently determine the absorption spectra of any combustion species. Therefore, spectra, as the fingerprint for a produced combustion field, were employed to predict the global equivalence ratio, one of the key operational parameters, in this study. Specifically, absorption spectra of water vapor at wavenumbers around 7444.36, 7185.6, and 6805.6 cm<sup>-1</sup> measured at three different downstream locations of the combustor were used to predict the global equivalence ratio. As it is difficult to find analytical relationships between the spectra and produced combustion fields, a predictive model was a data-driven acquisition. The absorption spectra as an input were first feature-extracted through stacked convolutional autoencoders and then a dense neural network was used for regression prediction between the feature scores and the global equivalence ratio. The model could predict the equivalence ratio with an absolute error of ±0.025 with a probability of 96%, and a gradient-weighted regression activation mapping analysis revealed that the model leverages not only the peak intensities but also the variations in the shape of absorption lines for its predictions.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"1078-1088"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141874038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kailun Zhang, Ruike Bi, Johan Tidholm, Jakob Ängeby, Mattias Richter, Andreas Ehn
{"title":"Detection of Nickel Atoms Released from Electrodes in Spark Discharges Using Laser-Induced Fluorescence.","authors":"Kailun Zhang, Ruike Bi, Johan Tidholm, Jakob Ängeby, Mattias Richter, Andreas Ehn","doi":"10.1177/00037028241285150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028241285150","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the effort of carbon neutrality require the improvement of spark-ignition engines in terms of efficiency and capability to operate on renewable fuels. The electrode wear of spark plugs, used for ignition of novel fuels and lean mixtures, emerges as a significant challenge in this transition. Understanding the physical mechanism and influence of spark operation parameters of the wear process is thus important. Compared to the conventional methodology of performing long-term wear tests, laser-based optical diagnostics methods are capable of assessing electrode wear during one single or a few spark discharges. In this work, the necessary initial steps required for performing optical investigations using laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) are presented. Several excitation pathways of nickel atoms were investigated, and 336.96 nm was identified as the optimal one. This excitation approach yielded emissions between 338.75 and 353.58 nm, effectively avoiding the major interference from N<sub>2</sub> plasma emission in spark discharges. Additionally, a linear relationship in fluorescence signal intensity with excitation energy up to 400 µJ was observed. These findings indicate the potential of LIF for in situ diagnostics of electrode wear, contributing to engine development in both efficiency and compatibility with sustainable fuels.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"37028241285150"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142340055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Redefining Spectral Data Analysis with Immersive Analytics: Exploring Domain-Shifted Model Spaces for Optimal Model Selection.","authors":"Jordan M J Peper, John H Kalivas","doi":"10.1177/00037028241280669","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028241280669","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Modern developments in autonomous chemometric machine learning technology strive to relinquish the need for human intervention. However, such algorithms developed and used in chemometric multivariate calibration and classification applications exclude crucial expert insight when difficult and safety-critical analysis situations arise, e.g., spectral-based medical decisions such as noninvasively determining if a biopsy is cancerous. The prediction accuracy and interpolation capabilities of autonomous methods for new samples depend on the quality and scope of their training (calibration) data. Specifically, analysis patterns within target data not captured by the training data will produce undesirable outcomes. Alternatively, using an immersive analytic approach allows insertion of human expert judgment at key machine learning algorithm junctures forming a sensemaking process performed in cooperation with a computer. The capacity of immersive virtual reality (IVR) environments to render human comprehensible three-dimensional space simulating real-world encounters, suggests its suitability as a hybrid immersive human-computer interface for data analysis tasks. Using IVR maximizes human senses to capitalize on our instinctual perception of the physical environment, thereby leveraging our innate ability to recognize patterns and visualize thresholds crucial to reducing erroneous outcomes. In this first use of IVR as an immersive analytic tool for spectral data, we examine an integrated IVR real-time model selection algorithm for a recent model updating method that adapts a model from the original calibration domain to predict samples from shifted target domains. Using near-infrared data, analyte prediction errors from IVR-selected models are reduced compared to errors using an established autonomous model selection approach. Results demonstrate the viability of IVR as a human data analysis interface for spectral data analysis including classification problems.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"37028241280669"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142340056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Solid State Vanadate Laser and 213 nm Rayleigh Rejection Filter Enable Miniaturized Deep Ultraviolet Raman Spectrometers.","authors":"Sergei V Bykov, Sanford A Asher","doi":"10.1177/00037028241280722","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028241280722","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A combination of a highly efficient 213 nm Rayleigh rejection filter (RRF) and a miniaturized 213 nm neodymium-doped vanadate laser enables portable deep ultraviolet (UV) Raman spectrometers. We demonstrate the high efficiency of 213 nm RRF manufactured by Green Optics Co., Ltd by utilizing our compact 213 nm vanadate laser to measure high signal-to-noise ratio UV Raman spectra of Teflon and UV resonance Raman (UVRR) spectra of solid ammonium nitrate. We also demonstrate UVRR detection of trace amounts of ammonia formed during ammonium nitrate UV photolysis. We roughly estimate the ammonia UVRR detection limit of ∼10 ng under our experimental conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"37028241280722"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142340057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andreia E Gomes, Sérgio M C Nascimento, João M M Linhares
{"title":"Hyperspectral Imaging Database of Human Facial Skin.","authors":"Andreia E Gomes, Sérgio M C Nascimento, João M M Linhares","doi":"10.1177/00037028241279323","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028241279323","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The perceived color of human skin is the result of the interaction of environmental lighting with the skin. Only by resorting to human skin spectral reflectance, it is possible to obtain physical outcomes of this interaction. The purpose of this work was to provide a cured and validated database of hyperspectral images of human faces, useful for several applications, such as psychophysics-based research, object recognition, and material modeling. The hyperspectral imaging data from 29 human faces with different skin tones and sexes, under constant lighting and controlled movements, were described and characterized. Each hyperspectral image, which comprised spectral reflectance of the whole face from 400 to 720 nm in 10 nm steps at each pixel, was analyzed between and within nine facial positions located at different areas of the face. Simultaneously, spectral measurements at the same nine facial positions using conventional local point and/or contact devices were used to ascertain the data. It was found that the spectral reflectance profile changed between skin tones, subjects, and facial locations. Important local variations of the spectral reflectance profile showed that extra care is needed when considering average values from conventional devices at the same area of measurement.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"37028241279323"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142307041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}