Polymorph detection, identification, and quantitation in crystalline materials are of great importance to the pharmaceutical industry. Vibrational spectroscopic techniques used for this purpose include Fourier transform mid-infrared (FT-MIR) spectroscopy, Fourier transform near-infrared (FT-NIR) spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and terahertz (THz) and far-infrared (FIR) spectroscopy. Typically...

Two different levels' information fusion of near infrared (NIR) spectra and mid infrared (MIR) spectra coming from red wines aged in different ways has been investigated. A total of 96 red wines, including 44 wines aged in oak barrel, 26 wines aged in stainless steel tank with oak chips and 26 wines aged in stainless steel tank, were analyzed. The NIR transmission spectra and MIR attenuated tot...

Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy has been successfully utilized for the rapid identification of six typical petroleum products such as light straight-run (LSR), naphtha, kerosine, light gas oil (LGO), gasoline, and diesel. The spectral features of each product were reasonably differentiated in the NIR region, and the spectral differences provided enough qualitative spectral information for disc...

The cumulative particle size distribution of microcrystalline cellulose, a widely used pharmaceutical excipient, was determined using near infrared (NIR) reflectance spectroscopy. Forward angle laser light scattering measurements were used to provide reference particle size values corresponding to different quantiles and then used to calibrate the NIR data. Two different chemometric methods, th...

Evaluating the maturity of peach fruit is desirable during both the preharvest and postharvest periods, and flesh firmness (FF) is a representative maturity index. Although a non-destructive FF measurement technique using visible (VIS) and near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy has been developed, the principle has been unclear. This study was conducted to examine the structure of the FF prediction m...

The most notable obstacle of brain cancer diagnosis is the inability of delivering imaging agents across the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Recently, quantum dots (QDs) has been demonstrated as an ideal image agent for brain imaging due to their ultra-small size for crossing BBB. The plolyamidoamine dendrimers modified CdTe/CdS core/shell near-infrared (NIR) region QDs was successfully synthesized ...

Chen Q., Zhao J., Liu M., Cai J. (2008): Nondestructive identification of tea (Camellia sinensis L.) varieties using FT-NIR spectroscopy and pattern recognition. Czech J. Food Sci., 26: 360–367. Due to more and more tea varieties in the current tea market, rapid and accurate identification of tea (Camellia sinensis L.) varieties is crucial to the tea quality control. Fourier Transform Near-Infr...

RŮŽIČKOVÁ J., ŠUSTOVÁ K. (2006): Determination of selected parameters of quality of the dairy products by NIR spectroscopy. Czech J. Food Sci., 24: 255–260. The possibility of the application of near-infrared spectroscopy to the analysis of the selected parameters of quality of the dairy products was followed. The contents of solids and fat, as well as pH in yoghurts (also the titrable acidity)...

Over the past several years, both near infrared (NIR) and mid infrared (MIR) spectroscopy have steadily gained acceptance as powerful methods for at-line and on-line analysis. These methods share the advantages of high speed, robust calibration, and low service requirements compared to more established process analytical techniques such as gas chromatography. However, despite their many similar...