Protein crystallisation is of great importance within structural proteomic projects where considerable time and effort is spent trying to obtain high resolution structural information from the X-ray diffraction of protein crystals. The crystallisation process is largely empirical due to a lack of understanding of crystallisation kinetics and it is often very challenging to obtain crystals of su...

The goal of this study was to characterize the changes in biomass with torrefaction for near infrared reflectance (NIR) and attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy for sweetgum, loblolly pine, and switchgrass. Calibration models were built for the prediction of proximate analysis after torrefaction. Two dimensional (2D) correlation spectroscopy between NI...

Entomological evidence is used in forensic investigations to indicate time since death. The species and age of maggots or flies that are present at the scene can be used when estimating how much time has passed since death. Current methods that are used to identify species and developmental stage of larvae and fly samples are highly subjective, costly and often time consuming processes and requ...

This paper presents the limitations and potential of ATR-FTIR spectroscopy applied to study cellulosic textile collections The technique helps differentiate natural fibres according content lignin, pectin, hemicellulose, wax, although some problematic issues should be considered. spectral differences derived from environmental humidity uptake plant composition are reviewed discussed in light ne...