Issue 7, 2014

Spectroscopic imaging: a spatial Odyssey

Abstract

Analytical methods were developed or refined to link the composition and structure of man-made and natural materials down to the nanoscale dimensions to their functional behaviour at the macroscopic scale. Most of the techniques now available are based the interaction of the sample with electromagnetic radiation or particles. In these techniques, the ability for observation and analysis expanded over the last 50 years from rather straightforward measurements in the narrow wavelength range in, or near to, the visible region, to large portions of the electromagnetic spectrum and complex higher-order interactions in multi-spectral and hyper-spectral imaging methods. With imaging analysis and other analytical methodologies that produce massive amounts of data, analytical chemistry is increasingly transformed into a discovery-driven, shotgun methodology, instead of a hypothesis-driven, targeted methodology. In such conditions, standard metrological concepts (uncertainty, validation, and/or traceability to fundamental standards…) lose their central guiding role.

Graphical abstract: Spectroscopic imaging: a spatial Odyssey

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
09 Febr. 2014
Accepted
01 Maijs 2014
First published
01 Maijs 2014

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014,29, 1197-1205

Author version available

Spectroscopic imaging: a spatial Odyssey

F. Adams, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 1197 DOI: 10.1039/C4JA00050A

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements