Call for Manuscripts

Special Issue of Applied Spectroscopy on Portable Spectroscopy

Portable and handheld instruments are being developed that are often more sensitive and selective, smaller, cheaper, and more robust than their laboratory predecessors. Concurrent improvements in analytical theory, data analysis methods, and portable processors enable these spectroscopic devices to give specific answers to their non-specialist operators. 

Spectroscopy-based systems are now making critical judgments in environments and applications that were unreachable twenty years ago, from hazardous materials to the operating theater, and from field geologists to customs and border personnel. With the increasing processing and display power of cell phones, coupled with their high resolution cameras, a very recent development is ability to put both spectroscopic and imaging instrumentation into the hands of retail consumers, potentially with sharing and processing of their data in the ‘cloud’.

This Call for Manuscripts covers handheld and portable spectrometers, including cellphone spectrometers, their design and performance, applications, data processing, libraries and chemometrics.

Manuscripts must reflect original research, development and applications, and will be subject to Applied Spectroscopy’s usual peer-review process.

Manuscript submission deadline is August 15, 2015.  Please see the attached document for Topics of Interest and 

Instructions on how to submit a manuscript for an Applied Spectroscopy Special Edition

Topics of Interest:

Miniature, Portable, and Handheld Spectrometers

 Optical Molecular (IR, NIR, Raman, Terahertz, fluorescence, UV-visible, cavity-ringdown) 

 Elemental (LIBS, plasma-based emission, XRF, etc.) 

 Other novel miniature spectrometers (NMR, ESR, mass spectrometry, IMS, etc.) 

 Combined/integrated techniques (e.g., Raman/LIBS). 

Novel Enabling Technologies and Designs 

 MEMS-based, miniature, handheld/portable, and robust spectrometers 

 Cell-phone-based spectrometers

 Spectrometers based on tunable sources (quantum cascade lasers, sum-difference techniques, OPOs, etc.) 

 Spectral-based sensors 

 Chemometrics and data analysis techniques for handheld analyzers and spectrometers, including 

multivariate calibration and classification; multivariate curve-resolution, blind source separation; figures of 

merit, performance evaluation.

Applications

 Homeland security and public safety 

 Narcotics and illicit drug manufacturing 

 Field analyses, including Customs, Hazmat, First Responders and IED applications 

 Anti-counterfeiting and counterfeit detection 

 Biological and medical applications 

 Point-of-care assays and diagnostics

 Pharmaceutical and industrial processing, including PAT 

 Consumer goods safety and recycling

 Art conservation and archeology

 Advanced materials characterization, including composites 

 Food and agricultural

 Environmental

 Usage in challenging environments, including undersea, Earth orbiting and planetary exploration applications

How to submit a manuscript

1. Go to the Society For Applied Spectroscopy’s web site at www.s-a-s.org
2. Select the ‘Journal’ tab
3. Select ‘Manuscript Submission’
4. If you are a new user, then register for an account 
5. Go to ‘Submit Manuscript’:
6. Select the dropdown box for the Special Issue –Miniature Spectrometers