Spectroscopy New Uses and Implications

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. Spectroscopy is a powerful technique that utilizes the interaction of light with matter. Analysis of various spectra can yield important physical characteristics of matter, including chemical composition, temperature, luminosity, mass, and more. The uses and implications of spectroscopy are very broad, with practical uses in many fields of science, including astronomy, medicine, analytic chemistry, material science, geology, and more. Researchers are constantly discovering new applications of spectroscopy, and it is expected to play an ever-increasing role in nanotechnology and superconductivity. This book brings together a diverse collection of new research advances in spectroscopy.

Collision-Induced Infrared Absorption by Molecular Hydrogen Pairs at Thousands of KelvinNon-Linear Dielectric Spectroscopy of Microbiological Suspensions Near-Infrared Spectroscopy-Derived Tissue Oxygen Saturation in Battlefield Injuries: A Case Series Report Rapid Etiological Classification of Meningitis by NMR Spectroscopy Based on Metabolite Profiles and Host Response Traditional Biomolecular Structure Determination by NMR Spectroscopy Allows for Major Errors A New On-Axis Multimode Spectrometer for the Macromolecular Crystallography Beamlines of the Swiss Light Source High-Resolution 3D Structure Determination of Kaliotoxin by Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy Kissing G Domains of MnmE Monitored by X-Ray Crystallography and Pulse Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy In-Cell Biochemistry Using NMR Spectroscopy Structure of the Dimeric N-Glycosylated Form of Fungal -N-Acetylhexosaminidase Revealed by Computer Modeling, Vibrational Spectroscopy, and Biochemical Studies SAM Domain-Based Protein Oligomerization Observed by Live-Cell Fluorescence Fluctuation Spectroscopy In-Vivo Optical Detection of Cancer Using Chlorin E6—Polyvinylpyrrolidone Induced Fluorescence Imaging and Spectroscopy A Three-Dimensional Multivariate Image Processing Technique for the Analysis of FTIR Spectroscopic Images of Multiple Tissue Sections Molecular Mapping of Periodontal Tissues Using Infrared Microspectroscopy The Use of Coumarins as Environmentally-Sensitive Fluorescent Probes of Heterogeneous Inclusion Systems Stereochemistry of 16 -Hydroxyfriedelin and 3-Oxo-16–Methylfriedel-16-Ene Established by 2D NMR Spectroscopy Occipital Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (1H-MRS) Reveals Normal Metabolite Concentrations in Retinal Visual Field Defects Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Based Investigation on Propylene Glycol Toxicosis in a Holstein Cow ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy Detects Alterations Induced by Organotin(IV) Carboxylates in MCF-7 Cells at Sub-Cytotoxic/-Genotoxic Concentrations Raman Spectroscopy: The Gateway into Tomorrow’s Virology Index

Roy H. Williams is an astronomer and educator at the Kopernik Observatory in Vestal, New York. He has trained on the spectrograph and is certified in both earth science and physical science. He has taught in several colleges. He writes a monthly column in the Press & Sun-Bulletin newspaper (Binghamton, NY) and makes monthly live appearances on local television newscasts. He also helped to create a computerized sky atlas using Turbo Pascal and in his role at Kopernik Observatory has worked with both astronaut Dan Bursch and astronomer John Dobson.