Abstract:
A method is provided for the determination of NO2null and/and NO3null in water by subjecting the water sample to ultraviolet resonance Raman spectroscopy within the range of wavelengths of 200-240 nm, and determining the presence of NO2null and/or NO3null based on the Raman spectral measurement. The method has particularly applicability to the determination of such ions in wastewater. The method may also be employed with advantage in the control of processes involving the removal of ammonium ions upon reaction with oxygen.
Abstract:
Pulp and/or paper samples are scanned with a Laser Raman Spectroscopic probe, utilizing Raman spectroscopic technology, to generate Raman spectroscopic images of all or selected ones of the constituents and/or contaminants contained in the sample, to compare the same with a library of Raman spectroscopic fingerprints of known constituents and/or contaminants, and to identify and communicate data on all or selected ones of the constituents and/or contaminants for purposes of controlling the paper making process and/or determination of the quality of the paper produced.
Abstract:
The methods and apparatus described may be used for the discrimination of two closely spaced spectral lines. In certain embodiments the methods and apparatus may be used for the detection of isotopes and isotopic ratios by Raman spectroscopy. In certain embodiments the conversion of a labeled substrate to a labeled product may be detected. In particular embodiments the conversion of a 13C labeled substrate to a 13C labeled product may be detected. In other embodiment the conversion of 13C urea to 13CO2 is detected. Embodiments described include the diagnostic determination of 13CO2/12CO2 ratio in a test sample.
Abstract:
Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting a nonlinear coherent field induced in a microscopic sample. The system includes in an embodiment, a first source for generating a first polarized electromagnetic field at a first frequency and a second source for generating a second polarized electromagnetic field at a second frequency that is different from the first frequency. The system further includes optics for combining the first polarized electromagnetic field and the second polarized electromagnetic field in a collinear fashion such that the difference in polarization angles is null wherein null is not equal to zero. The optics further direct the combined electromagnetic field toward a common focal volume. The system also includes a polarization sensitive detector for detecting a nonlinear coherent field that is generated responsive to the first and second polarized electromagnetic fields in the focal volume.
Abstract:
Surface-enhanced spectroscopy, such as surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy employs aggregates that are of a size that allows easy handling. The aggregates are generally at least about 500 nm in dimension. The aggregates can be made of metal particles of size less than 100 nm, allowing enhanced spectroscopic techniques that operate at high sensitivity. This allows the use of larger, easily-handleable aggregates. Signals are determined that are caused by single analytes adsorbed to single aggregates, or single analytes adsorbed on a surface. The single analytes can be DNA or RNA fragments comprising at least one base.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an automated method for carrying out reactions with high spatial resolution on libraries of different materials and for analysis of the products obtained using a simple robot system and an analyzer, for example a mass spectrometer.
Abstract:
An atomic force microscope (AFM) tip is used to selectively produce surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) for localized Raman spectroscopy. Spectra of thin films, undetectable with a Raman microprobe spectrometer alone, are readily acquired in contact with a suitably gold-coated AFM tip. Similarly, an AFM tip is used to remove sample layers at the nanometer scale and subsequently serve as a SERS substrate for ultra-trace analysis. This demonstrates the interface of an AFM with a Raman spectrometer that provides increases sensitivity, selectivity and spatial resolution over a conventional Raman microprobe. An AFM guiding the SERS effect has the potential for targeted single molecule spectroscopy.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for determination of fluoroorganic compounds in liquid, gaseous, or crystalline or amorphous solids is based on the detection of carbon-halogen bonds by laser Raman spectroscopy. The method and apparatus provide a general method for detecting and determination of halooorganic compounds. The method and apparatus are applicable in the pharmaceutical industry, in fluorinated drug research and manufacturing; in the medical and clinical studies of the effects of fluoroorganic compounds; in the environmental and agricultural studies and screening, in the analysis of water, soils and air contaminated with fluoroorganic compounds.
Abstract:
A Raman probe that does not produce Raman scattering that interferes with measurement, and a Raman spectrum measuring apparatus utilizing the Raman probe. The Raman probe comprises a hollow wave-guide path 10 with a light-transmitting medium (core) that is evacuated or filled with a gas that does not produce Raman scattering, such as air.
Abstract:
Methods are provided for determining and controlling polymer properties on-line in a polymerization reactor system, such as a fluidized bed reactor. The methods include obtaining a regression model for determining a polymer property, the regression model including principal component loadings and principal component scores, acquiring a Raman spectrum of a polyolefin sample comprising polyolefin, calculating a new principal component score from at least a portion of the Raman spectrum and the principal component loadings, and calculating the polymer property by applying the new principal component score to the regression model. The property can be controlled by adjusting at least one polymerization parameter based on the calculated polymer property.