Guest Editorial

Daryl Cobranchi

Appl. Spectrosc. 70(10), 1620-1621 (2016)  View: PDF

Mid-Infrared Waveguides: A Perspective

Thomas Schädle and Boris Mizaikoff

Appl. Spectrosc. 70(10), 1625-1638 (2016)  View: PDF

Screening of Astaxanthin-Hyperproducing Haematococcus pluvialis Using Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) and Raman Microspectroscopy

Jinghua Liu and Qing Huang

Appl. Spectrosc. 70(10), 1639-1648 (2016)  View: PDF

Application of Chiral Ionic Liquid-Modified Gold Nanoparticles in the Chiral Recognition of Amino Acid Enantiomers

Lu Huang, Yi-Ting Chen, Yan-Xia Li, and Li-Shuang Yu

Appl. Spectrosc. 70(10), 1649-1654 (2016)  View: PDF

Probing Intermolecular Interactions in Binary Liquid Mixtures Using Femtosecond Laser-Induced Self-Defocusing

Sandeep Kumar Maurya, Dhiman Das, and Debabrata Goswami

Appl. Spectrosc. 70(10), 1655-1661 (2016)  View: PDF

Contact Pin-Printing onto Porous Silicon for Creating Microarrays with High Chemical Diversity

Ian J. Horner, Nadine D. Kraut, Caley A. Richardson, Bernandie Jean, Alyssa M. Rook, and Frank V. Bright

Appl. Spectrosc. 70(10), 1662-1675 (2016)  View: PDF

Using Fourier Transform Near-Infrared Spectroscopy to Predict the Mechanical Properties of Thermally Modified Southern Pine Wood

Li Tong and Wenbo Zhang

Appl. Spectrosc. 70(10), 1676-1684 (2016)  View: PDF

Algorithmic Enhancement of Spectral Resolution of a Lithium Niobate (LiNbO₃) Waveguide-Based Miniature Fourier Transform Spectrometer

Kun Wang, Jinyang Li, Dan-feng Lu, and Zhi-mei Qi

Appl. Spectrosc. 70(10), 1685-1691 (2016)  View: PDF

A Simple Route to Synthesize Cu@Ag Core–Shell Bimetallic Nanoparticles and Their Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Properties

Xia Jin, Aiqin Mao, Mengling Ding, Peipei Ding, Tianchi Zhang, Xiaolong Gu, Wei Xiao, and Jin Yuan

Appl. Spectrosc. 70(10), 1692-1699 (2016)  View: PDF

Elemental Detection of Cerium and Gadolinium in Aqueous Aerosol Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

Ammon N. Williams and Supathorn Phongikaroon

Appl. Spectrosc. 70(10), 1700-1708 (2016)  View: PDF

Optical Characterization of Parathyroid Tissues

Mariana P. Brandao, Ricardo Iwakura, Abraao A. Honorato-Sobrinho, Kaique Haleplian, Amando S. Ito, Luiz C. Conti de Freitas, and Luciano Bachmann

Appl. Spectrosc. 70(10), 1709-1716 (2016)  View: PDF

Infrared Spectral Emissivity Property of Pure Titanium in the 473–1035 K Temperature Range

Feng Zhang, Kun Yu, Kaihua Zhang, Yanlei Liu, Yuejin Zhao, and Yufang Liu

Appl. Spectrosc. 70(10), 1717-1725 (2016)  View: PDF

High Sensitivity Nanosecond Mid-Infrared Transient Absorption Spectrometer Enabling Low Excitation Density Measurements of Electronic Materials

Adam Rimshaw, Christopher Grieco, and John B. Asbury

Appl. Spectrosc. 70(10), 1726-1732 (2016)  View: PDF

Time-Resolved Fluorescence of Water-Soluble Pyridinium Salt: Sensitive Detection of the Conformational Changes of Bovine Serum Albumin

Lei Li, Hua Yi, Menghui Jia, Mengfang Chang, Zhongneng Zhou, Sanjun Zhang, Haifeng Pan, Yan Chen, Jinquan Chen, and Jianhua Xu

Appl. Spectrosc. 70(10), 1733-1738 (2016)  View: PDF

Weighted PARAFAC and Nonlinear Regression for Handling Intensity Changes in Fluorescence Spectroscopy Caused by pH Fluctuations

Carina Svendsen, Thomas Skov, and Frans W.J. van den Berg

Appl. Spectrosc. 70(10), 1739-1750 (2016)  View: PDF

Ultrathin Carbon Film Protected Silver Nanostructures for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

Yinshan Peng, Xianliang Zheng, Hongwei Tian, Xiaoqiang Cui, Hong Chen, and Weitao Zheng

Appl. Spectrosc. 70(10), 1751-1758 (2016)  View: PDF

Micro X-ray Fluorescence Study of Late Pre-Hispanic Ceramics from the Western Slopes of the South Central Andes Region in the Arica y Parinacota Region, Chile: A New Methodological Approach

Samuel Flewett, Thibault Saintenoy, Marcela Sepúlveda, Edward Fabian Mosso, Carolina Robles, Katherine Vega, Sebastian Gutierrez, Alvaro Romero, Lydia Finney, Evan Maxey, and Stefan Vogt

Appl. Spectrosc. 70(10), 1759-1769 (2016)  View: PDF

Raman Gas Analyzer (RGA): Natural Gas Measurements

Dmitry V. Petrov and Ivan I. Matrosov

Appl. Spectrosc. 70(10), 1770-1776 (2016)  View: PDF