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And FT-IR, too PerkinElmer has launched a new high performance infrared (FT-IR) spectrometer called Frontier (Fig. 2).
Part of a new family of spectrometers, the Frontier analytical platform meets diverse FT-IR challenges ranging from everyday measurements to the most advanced, complex analyses.
Delivering what the company describes as unmatched respectability of transmission spectra, Frontier’s sensitivity and configurability ensure better performance in demanding applications, helping to advance safe drug development, understand complex chemical and material properties, and meet the challenging requirements of research and academia.
In other news, the Termo Scientific Nicolet iS5 FT-IR spectrometer has just received a 2011 scientists’ choice award for best new spectroscopy product of 2010. Termo says the award, which was voted on by scientists, recognises the no- compromise, affordable and compact FT-IR spectroscopy capabilities of the rugged instrument.
Te Nicolet iS5 combines flexible sample handling with Termo Scientific OMNIC software to deliver an FT-IR solution for manufacturers, forensic laboratories and chemistry classrooms. Te instrument, which provides performance comparable to larger sized spectrometers, is used for product assurance testing, basic troubleshooting and chemistry teaching.
that accepts a wide variety of sampling accessories. Te award winning Termo Scientific OMNIC software, widely adopted by major industrial manufacturers and forensic laboratories around the world, provides the spectrometer with flexibility to address many challenging applications. Te Nicolet iS5 is the ideal solution for raw materials, impurities and mixtures identification, creating a novel user experience - from sample- in to answer-out.
Meanwhile Andor has introduced the new iStar range of scientific- grade ICCDs. Tis, says the company, redefines the standard of rapid, nanosecond time-resolved imaging and spectroscopy.
Fig. 2. The Frontier analytical platform meets diverse FT-IR challenges ranging from everyday measurements to the most advanced, complex analyses.
Frontier’s optical flexibility enables the addition of a vast array of specialised accessories to meet a wide range of sampling challenges; whether checking for batch conformity or micro contamination. A modular and upgradeable platform combined with exceptional signal-to-noise ratio assures optimal spectral performance for near-, mid- and far- infrared spectroscopic analysis. Te novel automated range changing capability allows multiple techniques to be utilised at the touch of a button, with the flexible optical system also permitting the addition of microscopy and imaging systems for detailed materials analysis.
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Tis year, more than 35 000 members of the
SelectScience.net web community were invited to nominate their favourite general lab, separations and spectroscopy products. Te most popular nominated products were then voted on by scientists. Te Termo Scientific Nicolet iS5 received approximately one quarter of the votes and was selected as winner from among eight final nominations.
Te company says the spectrometer establishes a new benchmark in small-footprint FT-IR spectroscopy. Te instrument features an open- architecture sample compartment
iStar extracts the very best from charge couple device (CCD) sensor and gated image intensifier technologies, achieving a superior combination of rapid acquisitions rates and ultra-high sensitivity down to single photon. Exceptional detection performances are accessed through high quantum-efficiency image intensifiers, thermo- electric cooling to -40ºC, 500 kHz photocathode gating rates and enhanced intensifier EBI noise reduction. Low jitter, low insertion delay gating electronics and nanosecond-scale optical gating provide excellent timing accuracy down to few tens of picoseconds, allowing ultra-precise synchronisation of complex experiments through iStar’s comprehensive range of input/ output triggering options.
Antoine Varagnat, product specialist for spectroscopy and time-resolved at Andor, said: “With the new iStar, Andor has added a new star to its portfolio of cutting-edge ICCDs, setting once again the standard for nanosecond time-resolved detection. Te ultrafast new iStar platform can achieve amazing acquisition speeds of over 29,000 spectrum per second, while offering very low readout and thermal noise as well as intensifier boasting up to 50 per cent QE for unrivalled sensitivity.”
“The Nicolet iS5 combines flexible sample handling with Thermo Scientific OMNIC software to deliver an FT-IR solution for manufacturers, forensic laboratories and chemistry classrooms.”
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