Nanoparticles (NPs) are materials whose dimensions range from 1 to 1,000 nanometers (nm). Due to their nano-scale dimensions ...

Biobased lignin gels offer sustainable alternative for hair conditioning Date: February 21, 2025 Source: Stockholm University Summary: Researchers have developed a fully biobased hair conditioner ...

A 3,775-year-old log found in Canada had barely lost any of its carbon content since being buried, indicating "wood vaulting" ...

A team at Kyoto University has now demonstrated another possible answer employing quantum infrared spectroscopy, using visible and infrared photon pairs in a quantum entangled state. Published in ...

Reproducible Research Compendium for "Improving Models to Predict Holocellulose and Klason Lignin Contents for Peat Soil Organic Matter with Mid-Infrared Spectra" and "The need to reinterpret Hodgkins ...

Near infrared (NIR) transparent materials, featuring ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) light blocking and high NIR light transmittance, are widely applied in night vision, privacy protection, and ...

This analysis confirms the observations of infrared spectroscopy that the lignin of the stem is of guaiacyl-syringyl (GS) type. Besides that, the 13 C NMR spectra of OR and IR samples also showed ...

Reproducible Research Compendium for "Improving Models to Predict Holocellulose and Klason Lignin Contents for Peat Soil Organic Matter with Mid Infrared Spectra" and "Predicting Absolute ...

2.3 Near Infrared Spectroscopy Methods. Near-infrared (NIR) spectra used in the training set were collected using a Metrohm NIRS XDS Multivial Analyzer (Metrohm AG Switzerland). Samples were removed ...

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 ...