Spectroscopy Journal, Volume 2, Issue 4

Local heating was performed on a thermoplastic polymer film by contact with the tip of a soldering iron heated above the glass-transition temperature. The locally heated area was measured using microscopic Raman scattering spectroscopy, and the spati...

Industrial agriculture, while necessary to meet current food production needs, can have damaging effects on the environment and local water supply. For monitoring purposes, Raman spectra of common fertilizers in solution are measured and presented. R...

In order to improve the security of information encryption, this paper proposes a novel method based on laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) technology in conjunction with a commercial general-purpose inkjet printer. A “sandwich” m...

Metastasis in oncological diseases remains one of the main reasons for negative prognosis regarding treatment. Any new data on the biophysical and biochemical characteristics of circulating metastatic cells will help to develop a concept for antimeta...

Multicomponent gas mixture diffusion in a microscale confined flow in the transition gas regime at Knudsen numbers (Kn) above 0.1 has potential engineering applications in gas-phase microfluidics. Although the calculation of the diffusion coefficient...

2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (F4TCNQ) is a molecule widely employed as a very effective p-dopant of semi-conducting polymers, such as poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT). The CN stretching transitions of F4TCNQ are exceptio...

Spectroscopic techniques have emerged as crucial tools in the field of malaria research, offering immense potential for improved diagnosis and enhanced understanding of the disease. This review article pays tribute to the pioneering contributions of...

Fluorinated organic compounds have demonstrated remarkable utility in medicinal chemistry due to their enhanced metabolic stability and potent therapeutic efficacy. Several examples exist of fluorinated non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs),...

Ethyl maltol was investigated using matrix isolation infrared spectroscopy and DFT calculations. In an argon matrix (14.5 K), the compound was found to exist in a single conformer (form I), characterized by an intramolecular hydrogen bond with an est...