Chenyang Lu, Chong Huang, Xuefeng Wang, Qiang Li, Min Wu, Kun Wang, Zhaogui Liu
{"title":"High-Precision and High-Resolution X-ray Fluorescence Analysis System for Chlorine Elements Based on Double-Curved Crystal Technology.","authors":"Chenyang Lu, Chong Huang, Xuefeng Wang, Qiang Li, Min Wu, Kun Wang, Zhaogui Liu","doi":"10.1177/00037028251324536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028251324536","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, specific elements, particularly neighboring elements, interfere with each other. A wavelength-dispersive optical system based on double-curved crystal (DCC) with multiple faces was designed. A Johann-type graphite curved crystal was used to focus the monochromatic excitation light, and a logarithmic spiral graphite curved crystal was used to collect the target fluorescence (Cl, 2.62 keV). The experimental results show that the wavelength dispersion device based on the DCC technology has a Cl detection limit of 0.18 part per million (ppm) when used for oil products. In the detection of a 1 ppm standard sample, the detection range of the device was 0.38 ppm, demonstrating good stability. Based on the fluorescence spectroscopy and detection results, the DCC technology could completely eliminate the influence of a high S concentration on Cl detection.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"37028251324536"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143727516","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":"NO-CO Monitoring Technique Using Ultraviolet Absorption Spectroscopy and Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy in High-Temperature and High-Pressure.","authors":"Wangzheng Zhou, Xiaowei Qin, Zhenzhen Wang, Yoshihiro Deguchi, Daotong Chong, Junjie Yan","doi":"10.1177/00037028251324196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028251324196","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The single parameter detection of temperature (H<sub>2</sub>O) is no longer sufficient for the absorption combustion diagnosis. There is a huge demand for simultaneous computed tomography (CT) diagnosis of multi-parameters. This paper studied CO and NO, two representative combustion products based on tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) and ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy (UVAS). Different from the research on low detection limits, the absorbance needs to be corrected in high-temperature and high-pressure conditions due to the equipment performance of the CT system. A high-temperature and high-pressure chamber system was applied for the basic absorbance experiment. The corrected absorbance databases of 2325.2/2326.8 nm for CO, and 215/226 nm band for NO were established. The corrected absorbance databases were first compared with the HITRAN and ExoMol databases. The accuracy of the corrected databases was also analyzed by standard gas with 1D detection in the high-temperature and high-pressure chamber and two-dimensional (2D) reconstruction in a customed CT cell. The maximum CO mean relative error (MRE) of the 2D results is 2.75% while the maximum NO MRE is 4.99%. This study provides a basis for research on the CO and NO distribution in high-temperature and high-pressure combustion fields.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"37028251324196"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143656106","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":"Correlation Filters to Streamline Analysis of Congested Spectral Datasets.","authors":"Isao Noda, Yeonju Park, Young Mee Jung","doi":"10.1177/00037028251320106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028251320106","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The correlation filter (CF) technique is introduced as a versatile tool for data pretreatment to selectively attenuate interfering or overlapping signals of congested spectra. This technique leverages two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy (2D-COS) to create a filter multiplier that effectively addresses limitations inherent in traditional null-space projection (NSP) methods based on least-squares subtraction. We apply CF to the analysis of a model solution mixture system undergoing spontaneous evaporation, where volatile solvent concentrations change concurrently but at only slightly different rates. Despite the similarity of these parallel processes, CF successfully separates the overlapped dynamics of individual components by attenuating dominant signal contributions. CF also enables streamlined 2D codistribution spectroscopy (2D-CDS) analysis to determine the sequential order of component appearance. Multiple layers of CF can be applied to isolate individual component dynamics. Heterocomponent 2D correlation can then recover lost information by recombining CF-treated spectra. CF is applicable to two-trace two-dimensional (2T2D) correlation for comparative spectral analysis of a pair of spectra. CF treatment is expected to be a useful tool beyond 2D-COS applicable to many areas of spectral analyses, including the environmental and interfacial studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"37028251320106"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143646984","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}
Fares Azzam, Thomas Blaise, Jocelyn Barbarand, Hélène Cassagne, Julius Nouet
{"title":"Heavy Mineral Identification and Quantification Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy.","authors":"Fares Azzam, Thomas Blaise, Jocelyn Barbarand, Hélène Cassagne, Julius Nouet","doi":"10.1177/00037028251322197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028251322197","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We evaluated the application of Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) microspectroscopy in the mid-IR region (1500-550 cm<sup>-1</sup>) in reflectance mode as a semi-automated tool to quantify common heavy minerals (HM) found in natural sediments and sedimentary rocks. An in-house database of IR spectra for the main HM was acquired. Then, automated HM identification using FT-IR spectroscopy was tested on synthetic mixtures with known HM proportions. HM fractionation during sampling and mounting in epoxy is evaluated by testing several sample preparations techniques. Overall, HM are properly determined using FT-IR microspectroscopy. Most of the HM are found in proportions comparable to those documented in the synthetic mixtures. Main drawbacks to this method include: (i) the mid-IR region does not give access to the absorption bands of some HM, such as fluorite, pyrite, and cassiterite, compared to other methods such as Raman microspectroscopy, (ii) the failure to discriminate titanium dioxide (TiO<sub>2</sub>) polymorphs, and (iii) large spectral variations in some mineral groups such as amphiboles. Beyond these limitations, mid-FT-IR microspectroscopy in reflectance mode can be used to accurately determine HM proportions and could be simpler, faster, and/or cheaper when compared to other methods such as optical microscopy or scanning electron microscopy.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"37028251322197"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143646989","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":"High-Purity Strontium Carbonate Shows the Narrowest Peak Width of Raman Scattered Light.","authors":"Nobuyasu Itoh","doi":"10.1177/00037028251318757","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028251318757","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Raman microscopes are widely used in various fields and their spectral resolutions differ greatly depending on the system and optical components. Thus, it is important to evaluate the spectral resolution of Raman systems under measurement conditions. Although calcite is a crystal with a trigonal structure and its narrow peak at ∼1086 cm<sup>-1</sup> has been used to evaluate the spectral resolution of Raman spectrometers, the peak width of calcite itself (∼1.3 cm<sup>-1</sup> at full width half-maximum [FWHM]) is not negligible under high spectral resolution conditions. Because the calcite peak at ∼1086 cm<sup>-1</sup> originates from symmetric stretching, which is a common vibration mode for carbonate salts, we examined strontium carbonate (SrCO<sub>3</sub>), barium carbonate (BaCO<sub>3</sub>), and lead carbonate (PbCO<sub>3</sub>) reagents to find a material having a narrower peak width than calcite. SrCO<sub>3</sub>, BaCO<sub>3</sub>, and PbCO<sub>3</sub> peaks originating from symmetric stretching were observed at 1072, 1059, and 1054 cm<sup>-1</sup>, respectively, and their peak widths at FWHM (0.67, 0.92, and 1.09 cm<sup>-1</sup>, respectively) were narrower than that of calcite (1.36 cm<sup>-1</sup>). The narrow peak width of SrCO<sub>3</sub> was strongly dependent on its purity, probably due to its high structural regularity, and the change in the peak width (FWHM) was only 0.12 cm<sup>-1</sup> between 5 °C and 45 °C. Thus, we concluded that the high-purity SrCO<sub>3</sub> peak at 1072 cm<sup>-1</sup> was the narrowest peak of Raman scattering light under ambient conditions and is suitable for evaluating high spectral resolution for Raman spectrometers.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"37028251318757"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143646992","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}
Allison Stettler, Piyuni Ishtaweera, Gary A Baker, Gary J Blanchard
{"title":"Prominent Composition-Dependent Dynamics Decoupling in the Choline Chloride-Glycerol Deep Eutectic Solvent System.","authors":"Allison Stettler, Piyuni Ishtaweera, Gary A Baker, Gary J Blanchard","doi":"10.1177/00037028251326101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028251326101","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) exhibit dynamic heterogeneity, where the intricate and dynamic hydrogen bonding within the DES mediates dynamic spatial variation in the DES local environment. The Type III DES composed of choline chloride and glycerol (ChCl:Gly) exhibits this effect prominently, and we report on the observed local organization and its dependence on system composition using the time-resolved reorientation dynamics of three illustrative chromophores of different polarities: perylene (neutral, nonpolar), oxazine 725 (cation, polar) and rose bengal (dianion, polar). Our findings demonstrate that the environments sensed by all three chromophores are markedly different than that predicted by the bulk viscosity of the DES, and that these local environments exhibit remarkably little change as the mole ratio of the DES constituents is varied. Taken collectively, these data provide clear evidence of short-range organization that bears very little resemblance to the longer-range structural organization that determines DES bulk properties.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"37028251326101"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143623336","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}
Xiaoyun Chen, Jin Wang, Christopher Thurber, Matthew Benedict, Kurt Olson, Eric Marchbanks, Hyunwoo Kim, Michael Bishop
{"title":"Real-Time Mapping of Polymer Film Thickness Using Near-Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging.","authors":"Xiaoyun Chen, Jin Wang, Christopher Thurber, Matthew Benedict, Kurt Olson, Eric Marchbanks, Hyunwoo Kim, Michael Bishop","doi":"10.1177/00037028251323634","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028251323634","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A new method based on near-infrared (NIR) hyperspectral imaging (HSI) has been developed for online polymer film thickness mapping. Traditional online methods, including X-ray, capacitance, and physical gauging (micrometers), can only determine film thickness for a point with each measurement. The NIR-HIS method allows the determination of film thickness for a line based on each image, thus enabling true real-time two-dimensional (2D) mapping of film thickness as the film translates in front of the instrument. A Specim NIR camera, 1000-2500 nm, 384 (spatial) × 288 (spatial) pixels, was used in this study for various low-density polyethylene (LDPE), and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) films. Sample thickness between μm to mm can be mapped based on the myriad NIR absorbance bands with various molar absorptivity. The 2310 nm NIR peak was found to be the most effective feature for determining film thickness over the range of polyethylene film studied in this project: 10∼100 μm. A good correlation was found between the 2310 nm absorbance and the incumbent X-ray thickness scanner results. Interference fringes were found to be a potential source of error for quantitative analysis of thin films, and a classical least squares (CLS) analysis was found to be effective in removing fringes. This method was implemented to map out film thickness in real-time in an industrial blown film process.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"37028251323634"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143623337","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":"Visualizing Molybdenum Pentachloride Flow During Vapor Deposition Processes Using Absorption Imaging.","authors":"James E Maslar, Berc Kalanyan","doi":"10.1177/00037028251325565","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028251325565","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An absorption imaging technique was described for visualizing molybdenum pentachloride (MoCl<sub>5</sub>) flow during an atomic layer deposition/pulsed chemical vapor deposition process. The imaging system was composed of a telecentric lens and a commercial 7.1 megapixels (MP) complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) camera. The light source was a fiber-coupled light emitting diode operating at a peak emission wavelength of 443 nm. Flow images of MoCl<sub>5</sub> vapor entrained in a carrier gas were recorded at approximately 93 frames per second in a research-grade vapor deposition chamber. The utility of this technique was illustrated by comparing the MoCl<sub>5</sub> flow patterns for two precursor injection conditions, conditions consisting of different argon carrier gas flow rate and chamber pressure. For a low flow rate and chamber pressure, the flow images showed a gradual expansion of the MoCl<sub>5</sub> concentration front through the field of view with a relatively short MoCl<sub>5</sub> residence time. These flow patterns result in a relatively uniform precursor concentration front impinging on the wafer surface with the precursor being efficiently exhausted from the chamber, making these conditions desirable for thin film deposition in this chamber. For a high carrier gas flow rate and elevated chamber pressure, the flow images showed a high gas velocity jet impinging on the wafer chuck surface and the formation of gas recirculation zones, resulting in a relatively long residence time. These flow conditions would make it difficult to reproducibly deposit uniform thin films in this chamber. This comparison demonstrated the utility of this technique for qualitative characterization of precursor flow fields with minimal data processing. However, the two-dimensional data obtained from this technique can also provide the basis for training and validating computational fluid dynamics models. Furthermore, the addition of duplicate optical systems would provide the basis for determining the three-dimensional precursor distribution through tomographic analysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"37028251325565"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143623346","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":"Analysis of the Fossilization Processes of <i>Vicarya callosa japonica</i> Shells Using Raman Micro-Mapping Combined with Principal Component Analysis and Partial Least Squares Regression.","authors":"Yuki Tanaka, Kosuke Hashimoto, Toshiya Ichiki, Hidetoshi Sato, Yukihiro Ozaki, Motohiro Tsuboi","doi":"10.1177/00037028251322807","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028251322807","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Micro-Raman spectroscopic analysis of a fossil sample of <i>Vicarya callosa japonica</i> was performed to investigate the chemical process of fossilization. The <i>Vicarya</i> sample, originating from the Miocene Katsuta Group, Okayama prefecture, southwestern Japan, had a conical shell body with multiple protuberances on the outer layer. The interior of the shell was filled with a carbonate sediment. Raman mapping combined with principal component analysis (PCA) and partial least squares regression (PLSR) analysis were performed on the sample. Well-preserved, in vivo aragonite was found to be distributed on the shell and near the boundary between the internal carbonate precipitates and the shell. The internal precipitates were composed of pure calcite and black carbonates. The black-colored precipitates contained pyrite, suggesting that the carbonates were derived from the same biogenic tissue as the carbonate concretions and were the starting point for their crystallization. The rapid formation of the precipitates, also similar to that of carbonate concretions, and the suppression of the demineralization effect of the shell from pore water in the sediment may have contributed to the preservation of the aragonite. The reaction of the transition from aragonite to calcite in the shell progressed to some extent and crystallization was completed before the transition to calcite was complete.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"37028251322807"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143623334","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}
Md Wahiduzzaman, Jeremy Lawrence, Ashley Moreno-Gongora, Jiahe Xu, Dominick J Casadonte, Gerardine G Botte, Carol Korzeniewski
{"title":"Confocal Raman Microscopy as a Probe of Material Deconstruction in Processed Low-Density Polyethylene Particles.","authors":"Md Wahiduzzaman, Jeremy Lawrence, Ashley Moreno-Gongora, Jiahe Xu, Dominick J Casadonte, Gerardine G Botte, Carol Korzeniewski","doi":"10.1177/00037028251322142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028251322142","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Confocal Raman microscopy was applied to detect structural change within individual particles of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) following chemical and electrochemical processing steps that aimed to facilitate material decomposition. A high numerical aperture (NA) oil-immersion objective enabled depth-profiling through the near surface region (20 μm-40 μm) of irregularly shaped particles with an axial spatial resolution < 2 μm estimated from measurements of instrument detection efficiency profiles. Changes in vibrational bands sensitive to polyethylene crystallinity were evident following treatments and linked to the release of low molecular weight compounds present as additives and products of processing. Effects of processing were probed by monitoring the rise of Raman scattering intensity in vibrational modes associated with polyethylene chains in a zig-zag (trans) conformation near 1128 cm<sup>-1</sup>, 1294 cm<sup>-1</sup>, and 1418 cm<sup>-1</sup>, signaling chain clustering and development of organized, crystalline-like assemblies. Pristine LDPE particles displayed a uniform structure across the near surface region, while particles treated initially with chemical extractant and then further processed displayed increasingly enhanced crystallinity up to the maximum depth probed (40 μm). As a step toward measurements on ensembles of particles, least squares modeling was adapted to derive pure component spectra reflecting crystallinity change within spectral datasets. The work demonstrates high spatial resolution Raman depth-profiling for the characterization of processed polymers using a high NA immersion objective to overcome the limitations of air-objectives often used for confocal Raman microscopy.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"37028251322142"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143623335","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}