Infrared spectroscopy (IR) is based on the interaction of the vibrational frequencies of individual (and groups of) bonds within a molecule with the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Coupling mid-infrared “idler” photons with near-infrared “signal” photons enables cheaper, smaller and more efficient machines for uses such as greenhouse gas monitoring to medical diagnostics.

Sum-frequency generation (SFG) is a powerful vibrational spectroscopy that can selectively probe molecular structures at ...

Buckyballs’ large size and intricate structure have long captured scientists’ interest, even if practical applications for the 60-carbon molecules remain elusive. Now, more than 30 years after their ...

As much as we know today about the planets of the solar system, it’s almost incomprehensible that a mere 50 years ago we knew almost nothing about them. Observations of even Mars and Venus, Earth’s ...

The sample preparation before conducting an infrared spectroscopy (IR) study is as critical as the study itself, and the samples which are difficult to dissolve in any IR-transparent solvent are mixed ...

The study was conducted under the project New approaches to deciphering the structure and chemical properties of graphene oxide, supported by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation. Graphene ...

Diabetes is a disease involving chronically high sugar levels in the blood, and around 422 million people across the world are suffering from this disease 1. Due to its widespread presence across the ...

When a laser experiment fails to produce the expected flash of light, most researchers would assume something went wrong with ...