Applied SpectroscopyPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2024-11-11DOI: 10.1177/00037028241292087
Muhammad Muhammad, Chang-Sheng Shao, Raziq Nawaz, Amil Aligayev, Muhammad Hassan, Mona Alrasheed Bashir, Jamshed Iqbal, Jie Zhan, Qing Huang
{"title":"Using Label-Free Raman Spectroscopy Integrated with Microfluidic Chips to Probe Ferroptosis Networks in Cells.","authors":"Muhammad Muhammad, Chang-Sheng Shao, Raziq Nawaz, Amil Aligayev, Muhammad Hassan, Mona Alrasheed Bashir, Jamshed Iqbal, Jie Zhan, Qing Huang","doi":"10.1177/00037028241292087","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00037028241292087","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ferroptosis, a regulated form of cell death driven by oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation, has emerged as a pivotal research focus with implications across various cellular contexts. In this study, we employed a multifaceted approach, integrating label-free Raman spectroscopy and microfluidics to study the mechanisms underpinning ferroptosis. Our investigations included the ferroptosis initiation based on the changes in the lipid Raman band at 1436 cm<sup>-1</sup> under different cellular states, the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), lipid peroxidation, DNA damage/repair, and mitochondrial dysfunction. Importantly, our work highlighted the dynamic role of vital cellular components, such as nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate hydrogen (NADPH), ferredoxin clusters, and other key factors such as glutathione peroxidase 4 and nuclear factor erythroid 2, which collectively influenced cellular responses to redox imbalance and oxidative stress. Quantum mechanical (QM) and molecular docking simulations (MD) provided further evidence of interactions between the ferredoxin (containing 4Fe-4S clusters), NADPH, and ROS, which led to the production of reactive Fe species in the cells. As such, our approach not only offered a real-time, multidimensional perspective on ferroptosis but also provided valuable methods and insights for therapeutic interventions in diverse biomedical contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"1035-1046"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142613927","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}
Shelly Kinney, Tae-Chun Park, Hannah Clubb, Paul Armstrong, Thomas Lübberstedt, M Paul Scott
{"title":"Classification of Waxy Maize Kernels Using Single Kernel Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy.","authors":"Shelly Kinney, Tae-Chun Park, Hannah Clubb, Paul Armstrong, Thomas Lübberstedt, M Paul Scott","doi":"10.1177/00037028251349556","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028251349556","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The waxy gene of maize is a high value breeding target, but it is time consuming to separate waxy and wild-type kernels. A common method involves staining the endosperm with iodine. Near-infrared reflectance (NIR) spectroscopy has been used in several species including maize with success. A custom-built single kernel NIR spectroscopy instrument was used to scan 2880 individual kernels from 60 samples with a diversity of pedigrees, with both waxy, wild type, and heterozygous kernels represented. Chemical analysis was performed to classify the kernels with the waxy or wild type phenotypes. Linear discriminant analysis (LDA) was conducted to develop a prediction equation for single kernel NIR spectroscopy. The discriminant results showed that there was an 88% accuracy in predicting waxy kernels as waxy, and a 96% accuracy in predicting wild type kernels as wild type. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was determined to allow threshold adjustment to meet desired true positive or false negative rates. Thus, the prediction equation can be used in breeding programs to select for waxy kernels in an efficient and effective manner using a single kernel NIR instrument. This approach will benefit breeders of waxy corn by providing a rapid, automated non-destructive method for identification of waxy kernels in segregating breeding populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"37028251349556"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144526203","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":"Surface-Bulk Correlation Spectroscopy for the Characterization of Ternary Adsorption.","authors":"Mahsa Torkamanasadi, Dennis K Hore","doi":"10.1177/00037028251350675","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028251350675","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A method is proposed whereby the range of equilibrium constants that describe how a ternary mixture of molecules is adsorbed onto a solid substrate may be obtained. This information may then be related to the surface preference of a particular species. The technique utilizes infrared and/or Raman spectra of the bulk phase, together with sum frequency generation spectra of the surface in a heterospectral two-dimensional correlation analysis. The method consists of a series of up to three experiments in which the bulk concentrations are varied, followed by a set of rules for interpreting the resulting correlation maps to identify adsorption sequences and surface preference. A scheme is provided to direct the design of the experiments and analyses for such multi-component mixtures.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"37028251350675"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144526204","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}
Sanber Vizcaya, Manuel Gutierrez, Eduardo D Greaves
{"title":"A <sup>241</sup>Am Radioisotope-Excited Spectrometer for K-Line X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) Analysis of Rare Earth Elements.","authors":"Sanber Vizcaya, Manuel Gutierrez, Eduardo D Greaves","doi":"10.1177/00037028251348483","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028251348483","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We describe a radioisotope-excited energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometric facility for the elemental analysis of minerals containing the rare earth elements (REEs) by the use of the K-line X-rays. Two <sup>241</sup>Am sources are used in purpose-designed holders that fit a high-resolution solid-state germanium detector. The system is capable of exciting all the light actinides up to element 69, Tm. The analysis through the well-separated K-lines allows an easy identification of lanthanide elements with advantages over traditional L-line detection particularly in mineral samples with high Fe concentration, enabling the recognition of most lanthanide elements at values close to 10 ppm. We report the achieved elemental sensitivity obtained with a set of pure element standards and spectra of mineral concentrates derived from a REEcontaining Venezuelan Laterite.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"37028251348483"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144504679","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}
Hannah LaRoy, Michael Thatcher, Lisa Lorenz, Martin Kimani, Merrie Jackson, Adam Lanzarotta
{"title":"Leveraging Hydrogen Bond-Induced Peak Shifting to Determine Alcohol Concentration in Suspect Gel Hand Sanitizers Using Portable Infrared and Handheld Raman Spectrometers.","authors":"Hannah LaRoy, Michael Thatcher, Lisa Lorenz, Martin Kimani, Merrie Jackson, Adam Lanzarotta","doi":"10.1177/00037028251345820","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028251345820","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study assessed the feasibility of using portable infrared and handheld Raman devices for the rapid screening of alcohol-based gel hand sanitizers to detect potential adulteration or misbranding. Alcohol potency was estimated by analyzing the concentration-dependent hydrogen bond-induced peak shifting characteristic of alcohol-water mixtures. Specifically, alcohol concentration in water (v/v%) was plotted as a function of the ratio of two characteristic peak positions affected by this shifting, yielding linear responses between 30%-100% for infrared spectroscopy and 40%-100% for Raman spectroscopy. Calibration equations derived from these curves were applied to estimate alcohol concentration, resulting in average errors (± standard deviations) of 1.6% (1.2%) for infrared spectroscopy and 2.4% (1.7%) for Raman spectroscopy, compared to gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID). A total of 24 products were analyzed using this screening workflow, with results used to prioritize samples for further analysis via official compendial methods. All 21 samples identified as violative or presumptively violative by the rapid screening devices were confirmed as violative using GC-FID, while all three samples classified as presumptively non-violative were confirmed as non-violative. This method may be suitable for field deployment at locations such as mail facilities, points of entry, and express courier hubs, where expedited screening of these products is beneficial. Its implementation could enhance regulatory enforcement efforts and support consumer safety by identifying non-compliant products more efficiently.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"37028251345820"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144493782","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}
Thomas G Mayerhöfer, Oleksii Ilchenko, Andrii Kutsyk, Jürgen Popp
{"title":"Quantitative Chemometrics Using Refractive Index Spectra.","authors":"Thomas G Mayerhöfer, Oleksii Ilchenko, Andrii Kutsyk, Jürgen Popp","doi":"10.1177/00037028251345774","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028251345774","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Classical quantitative chemometrics based on absorbance spectra has been routinely performed for approximately 40 years. Since absorbance is a function of the absorption index, it is natural to extend chemometric methods to the refractive index function. This function, related to the absorption index via the Kramers--Kronig relations, is derived from corrections applied to absorbance spectra to ensure compliance with wave optics principles. In this note, we demonstrate that, at least in the quasi-thermodynamically ideal binary system of benzene and toluene, classical quantitative chemometrics performs better when based on refractive index spectra than when based on absorption index spectra. The primary reason for this difference is that the refractive index at a given wavenumber integrates all changes resulting from absorptions at higher wavenumbers. This property is particularly advantageous in non-absorbing regions, where absorption index spectra provide no information about the system's composition.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"37028251345774"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144493783","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}
Sreya Sarkar, Andreas Stumpf, Zhenqi Shi, Dawen Kou
{"title":"In-Line Raman Spectroscopy for Polymorph Monitoring During Continuous Crystallization.","authors":"Sreya Sarkar, Andreas Stumpf, Zhenqi Shi, Dawen Kou","doi":"10.1177/00037028251344294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028251344294","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In-line monitoring of continuous crystallization processes can provide real-time information about the polymorph composition, potentially providing a superior understanding and control of the crystallization kinetics throughout the process. Here, we present a case study using in-line Raman spectroscopy as a process analytical technology (PAT) tool to enable fast, in-situ, non-destructive, and quantitative measurement of complex polymorphic transitions during flow-induced continuous crystallization of a model compound, which has two main polymorphs only showing subtle differences in the fingerprint regions of their Raman spectra. Second derivative Raman spectra were used for qualitative monitoring of polymorph changes, and a Gaussian curve fitting method was developed and utilized for quantitative determinations of polymorph compositions in continuous crystallizations under an array of process conditions. This study illustrates the complex and dynamic nature of polymorph transitions during continuous crystallization under various process conditions as well as the ability of in-line Raman spectroscopy to monitor the process qualitatively and quantitatively in order to have greater understanding of the process design space and to avoid conditions that lead to undesired polymorphs in the crystallization process.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"37028251344294"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144315835","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":"Deadliest Animals with the Thinnest Wings: Near-Infrared Properties of Tropical Mosquitoes.","authors":"Meng Li, Hampus Månefjord, Julio Hernandez, Lauro Müller, Christian Brackmann, Aboma Merdasa, Carsten Kirkeby, Mengistu Dawit Bulo, Rickard Ignell, Mikkel Brydegaard","doi":"10.1177/00037028251341317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028251341317","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tropical mosquitoes transmit diseases like malaria, yellow fever, and Zika. Classifying mosquitoes by species, sex, age, and gravidity offers vital insights for assessing transmission risk and effective mitigations. Photonic monitoring for mosquito classification can be used in distributed sensors or lidars on longer ranges. However, a reflectance model and its parameters are lacking in the current literature. This study investigates mosquitoes of different species, sexes, age groups, and gravidity states, and reports metric pathlengths of wing chitin, body melanin, and water. We use hyperspectral push-broom imaging and laser multiplexing with a rotation stage to measure near-infrared spectra from different angles and develop simple models for spectral reflectance, including wing thickness and equivalent absorption path lengths for melanin and water. We demonstrate wing thickness of 174 (±1) nm - the thinnest wings reported to our knowledge. Water and melanin pathlengths are determined with ∼10 µm precision, and spectral models achieve adjusted R² values exceeding 95%. While mosquito aspect angle impacts the optical cross-section, it alters shortwave infrared spectra minimally (∼2%). These results demonstrate the potential for remote retrieval of micro- and nanoscopic mosquito features using spectral sensors and lidars irrespective of insect body orientation. Improved specificity of vector monitoring can be foreseen.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"37028251341317"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144274105","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":"Optical and Dielectrical Properties of Opal Water Content Determination Using Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy.","authors":"ChuTong Gao, Kexin Pan, ZhiYuan Zheng, Ren Huang, Tong Zhang, Lixian Hao, MingRui Zhang, Qiming Qiu, Shanshan Li, HaoChong Huang, Kunfeng Qiu","doi":"10.1177/00037028241306456","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00037028241306456","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The optical and dielectric properties of opals with different water contents were investigated using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. The refractive indices and absorption coefficients showed different trends due to the different water contents. The effective medium theory was used to extract the intrinsic dielectric permittivity of opal from opal-polytetrafluoroethylene mixtures. The extracted dielectric permittivities were fitted using a double Debye model to analyze the microscopic relaxation mechanism.</p>","PeriodicalId":8253,"journal":{"name":"Applied Spectroscopy","volume":" ","pages":"1008-1017"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142891709","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 : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-09-28DOI: 10.1177/00037028241280669
Jordan M J Peper, John H Kalivas
{"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":"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":"942-954"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","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}