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The StellarNet Star
This holiday season, we received an incredible surprise from our StellarNet team—a star named in our honor! The star is located in the Andromeda constellation, close to the Pegasus constellation. Its coordinates, RA/DEC: 00H 49M 48.8S +41° 04' 44.2, place it near the...
5 Days of Holiday Spectroscopy with StellarNet
Whether you're celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Yule, Bodhi Day, or another tradition that brings light and warmth to this season, we’re wishing you a joyful and peaceful holiday! This holiday season, we’re kicking off StellarNet’s 5 Days of Holiday...
December Analyzer of the Month: Reindeer Food Spectroscopy
The StellarNet Forage and Feed Analyzer is the ultimate tool for ensuring reindeer—and livestock of all kinds—are munching on premium-quality meals, perfect for peak performance. If Santa’s workshop had one of these handy devices, his team of reindeer would...
A Surface Radiation Balance Dataset from Siple Dome in West Antarctica for Atmospheric and Climate Model Evaluation
DAN LUBIN (a), MADISON L. GHIZ (b), SERGIO CASTILLO (c), RYAN C. SCOTT (d), SAMUEL E. LEBLANC (e,f), and ISRAEL SILBER (g) Accepted 19 June 2023 | (a) Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California (b) DNV, San Diego, California (c) The University of Texas...
The relationship between spectral signals and retinal sensitivity in dendrobatid frogs
Whitney G. Walkowski ,Corinne L. Richards-Zawacki,William C. Gordon,Nicolas G. Bazan,Hamilton E. Farris Published: November 14, 2024 | Louisiana State University Health Science Center, Smithsonian Tropical Research InstituteAbstractResearch on visually driven behavior...
Cooking Oil Spectroscopy for the Perfect Thanksgiving Turkey
Happy Thanksgiving! Every year, we like to analyze popular Thanksgiving foods by using spectroscopy. As we gather around the Thanksgiving table, the spotlight shines on the star of the feast: the perfectly roasted turkey. While the turkey is often center stage, the...
Anthocyanin expressed in leaves boosting chlorophyll-based dye-sensitized solar cells performance
Marcelo Alatzatianou Rodrigues Version of Record 9 September 2024 | Max de Ensino e Pesquisa, Rua Francisco de Vitória, 135, São Paulo 04116-180, SP, BrasilAbstractMesoporous TiO2 films were sensitized with dyes extracted from plant leaves of agronomic interest:...
The Addams Family Themed Halloween Spectroscopy Special!
All Parts are Available!Part 1Once upon a time in the delightfully eerie Addams Family mansion, the family decided to throw a Halloween party that would make the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe shiver with excitement.Spectroscopy studies how matter interacts with...
World Space Week Spectroscopy with StellarNet
This week (October 4th-October 10th) is World Space Week! At StellarNet, we celebrate space day everyday. Our products are spaced-themed with names such as "BLACK-Comet", "Quasar", "DWARF-Star", and more! Space travel is no stranger to our spectrometers. They've even...
The SpectraWizard’s Spectroscopy Application Challenge Results 2024
The SpectraWizard’s Spectroscopy Application Challenge has officially ended! Spectroscopists from all over the world competed against each other for a chance to win $5,000 in StellarCash. Check out the winning spectroscopy application below and don’t forget to check...
Back to School Special 2024- FREE Spectrometer Promotion
Yes, your calendar is correct - it's time to go back to school! While you’ve been enjoying summer vacation, the StellarNet team has been busy testing new exciting products in preparation for all of your research needs! What kind of experiments are on the syllabus...
Photoluminescence Spectroscopy Sheds New Light on Silicon Microchip Functional Properties
Hanna Bandarenka, Andrey Kuzmin, Alexander Baev, Sonal Gupta, Paras N. Prasad 23 July 2024 | Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York | ACS OmegaAbstractIn this study, we demonstrate that...
August Analyzer of the Month: Soft Serve Ice Cream Day
Near-Infrared (NIR) spectroscopy is a valuable tool for quality control in the production of soft serve ice cream powders. It offers several advantages for measuring various quality attributes quickly, non-destructively, and with minimal sample preparation. Here's how...
2024 August Perseid Meteor Shower Spectroscopy with StellarNet
The Perseid meteor shower and spectroscopy intersect in the study of meteors' chemical composition and physical properties. When a meteor from the Perseid shower enters Earth's atmosphere, it heats up and ionizes, creating a bright streak of light. Spectroscopy allows...
The SpectraWizard’s Spectroscopy Application Challenge has Officially Started
Now CLOSED! Be on the lookout next year!Science empowers us to explore. It helps us shape a brighter tomorrow. The SpectraWizard’s Spectroscopy Application Challenge has now officially started! Submit an abstract of your spectroscopy research along with a photo of...
Stretchable OLEDs based on a hidden active area for high fill factor and resolution compensation
Donggyun Lee, Su-Bon Kim, Taehyun Kim, Dongho Choi, Jee Hoon Sim, Woochan Lee, Hyunsu Cho, Jong-Heon Yang, Junho Kim, Sangin Hahn, Hanul Moon & Seunghyup Yoo 04 June 2024 | Nature Communications AbstractStretchable organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have...
National Tattoo Day: The Photochemistry of Tattoos
National Tattoo Day is July 17th! Our runner-up to The 2023 SpectraWizard Spectroscopy Application Challenge had a fascinating application on the Photochemistry of Tattoos. The challenge starts back up next month, so get your applications ready and be on the look out...
Introducing New ChemWiz-Meat NIR Ground Meat Analyzer
Introducing ChemWiz-Meat: Efficiency and Affordability CombinedChemWiz-Meat is StellarNet’s most affordable meat analyzer, engineered to provide non-contact, rapid, and reliable measurements without the complexity of model-building capabilities. This slimmed-down...
Happy 4th of July- Fun Facts about the Chemistry of Fireworks
StellarNet and the SpectraWizard wish you a Happy 4th of July! Fun Facts about the Chemistry of Fireworks: Fireworks require 3 types of components in order to work: an oxidizer, fuel, and a chemical mixture to create color and sound. The invention of fireworks can be...
Fabrication of natural dye-sensitized solar cells using dyes from corn, sugarcane and blackberry
Marcelo Alatzatianou Rodrigues April 2024 | Departamento de Pesquisa, União Max de Ensino e Pesquisa, Rua Francisco de Vitória, São Paulo, BrasilFigure 1: Construction diagram and working principle of a DSSCAbstractDye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) are an emerging...
Summer Fruits Spectroscopy with StellarNet
Calibration of the ComponentsIntroductionFruits, as complex biological entities, embody a diverse array of components crucial for determining their quality. These components, varying across fruit types and even within species, encompass attributes such as firmness,...
June Analyzer of the Month – Strawberry Field Trip Spectroscopy
This month we are highlighting our Fruits and Vegetables NIR Analyzer. There are several components found in fruits that can be measured to determine its quality. These components are different for all fruits and can also be different across species of the same...
Technical Note – Fundamentals of Raman Spectroscopy
Raman Spectroscopy has been a pillar of the Physical Chemistry community since its discovery in 1928 by its namesake C. V. Raman. The simplicity and robustness of the technique makes it ideal for a wide variety of applications ranging from the biological sciences,...
Customer Spotlight: Remote Sensing Spectroscopy
HYPERBOT - A BENCHMARKING TESTBED FOR ACQUISITION OF ROBOT-CENTRIC HYPERSPECTRAL SCENE AND IN-HAND OBJECT DATANathaniel Hanson, Tarik Kelestemur, Joseph Berman, Dominik Ritzenhoff, Taskin Padir | Institute for Experiential Robotics, Northeastern University, Boston,...
Aurora Spectroscopy with StellarNet
This past weekend, intense auroras lit up the sky due to massive solar flares and coronal mass ejections from the sun. Flinging wave after wave of charged solar particles toward Earth, those particles slammed into Earth's magnetic field Friday, triggering what space...
Earth Day 2024 with StellarNet: Planet vs. Plastics
Happy Earth Day! Today serves as a reminder of the importance of environmental conservation and sustainable practices to ensure the well-being of our planet for future generations. At StellarNet, we support sustainability and preserving Earth's precious ecosystems....
Composite films produced from upcycling of tropical fruit seeds are capable of monitoring shrimp freshness
Tram Anh Ngoc Le, Wei Ning Chen Published: 15 January 2024 | School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeAbstractMany tropical fruit seeds are disposed of as waste but have high values for food applications....
Investigating the Effects of Full-Spectrum LED Lighting on Strawberry Traits Using Correlation Analysis and Time-Series Prediction
Yuze Lu, Mali Gong, Jing Li, and Jianshe Ma Published: 5 January 2024AbstractIn crop cultivation, particularly in controlled environmental agriculture, light quality is one of the most critical factors affecting crop growth and harvest. Many scholars have studied...
Influence of the Type of Nanofillers on the Properties of Composites Used in Dentistry and 3D Printing
Małgorzata Noworyta, Monika Topa-Skwarczyńska, Paweł Jamróz, Dawid Oksiuta, Małgorzata Tyszka-Czochara, Klaudia Trembecka-Wójciga, and Joanna Ortyl Published: 23 June 2023 | Special Issue Molecular Research on Chemical, Physical and Optical Properties of...
Core and Shell Contributions to the Phonon Spectra of CdTe/CdS Quantum Dots
Volodymyr Dzhagan, Nazar Mazur, Olga Kapush, Oleksandr Selyshchev, Anatolii Karnaukhov, Oleg A. Yeshchenko, Mykola I. Danylenko, Volodymyr Yukhymchuk, and Dietrich R. T. Zahn Published: 1 March 2023 | National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Taras Shevchenko National...
Hydrophobic Deep eutectic Solvents based on cineole and organic acids
Jose L. Trenzado, Cristina Benito, Mert Atilhan, Santiago Aparicio Published: 28 February 2023 | Western Michigan University, University of Burgos, University of Las Palmas de Gran CanariaAbstractThe hydrophobic Natural Deep Eutectic Solvent formed by the combination...
Label-free differential imaging of cellular components in mouse brain tissue by wide-band photoacoustic microscopy
Yajing Liu, Terence T W Wong, Junhui Shi, Yun He, Liming Nie, and Lihong V. Wang Published: 28 February 2023AbstractMapping diverse cellular components with high spatial resolution is important to interrogate biological systems and study disease pathogenesis....
Investigation and Determination of Electrochemical Reaction Kinetics in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries with Electrolyte LiTFSI in DOL/DME
Sean Grabe, Matthew Dent, Shumaila Babar, Teng Zhang, Stephen Tennison, John F. Watts, and Constantina Lekakou Published: 28 February 2023 | Published on behalf of The Electrochemical SocietyAbstractA major challenge in the simulation of Li-S batteries is that the...
Unravelling effects of red/far-red light on nutritional quality and the role and mechanism in regulating lycopene synthesis in postharvest cherry tomatoes
Yanjie Song, Graham Teakle, Robert Lillywhite Published: 21 February 2023 | Warwick Crop Centre, School of Life Science, The University of WarwickAbstractThe main goal of this study was to explore the role of red/far-red light in the preservation of postharvest...
Emergent molecular traits of lettuce and tomato grown under wavelength-selective solar cells
Melodi Charles, Brianne Edwards, Eshwar Ravishankar, John Calero, Reece Henry, Jeromy Rech, Carole Saravitz, Wei You, Harald Ade, Brendan O’Connor, Heike Sederoff Published: 13 February 2023 | Functional and Applied Plant Genomics | North Carolina State...
Multifaceted Structurally Coloured Materials: Diffraction and Total Internal Reflection (TIR) from Nanoscale Surface Wrinkling
Annabelle Tan, Zain Ahmad, Pete Vukusic, and João T. Cabral Published: 10 February 2023 | Imperial College London and University of ExeterAbstractWe investigate the combined effects of surface diffraction and total internal reflection (TIR) in the design of...
Delineating the Effects of Molecular and Colloidal Interactions of Dissolved Organic Matter on Titania Photocatalysis
Mostafa Maghsoudi, Celine Jacquin, Benoit Teychené, Geoffroy Lesage, and Samuel D. Snow Published: 6 February 2023 AbstractIn the face of significant challenges to practical applications of photocatalysis for water treatment, recent reports revealed a potential route...
Concentration-dependent photothermal conversion efficiency of gold nanoparticles under near-infrared laser and broadband irradiation
Vikas, Raj Kumar, and Sanjeev Soni Published: 6 February 2023 AbstractThe photothermal conversion efficiency of gold different nanoparticles (GNPs) in different concentrations (1.25–20 µg/mL) and at different irradiation intensities of near-infrared (NIR) broadband...
Evaluation of the Irradiation Treatment Effects on Ancient Parchment Samples
Monia Vadrucci, Cristina Cicero, Claudia Mazzuca, Leonardo Severini, Daniela Uccelletti, Emily Schifano, Fulvio Mercuri, Ugo Zammit, Noemi Orazi, Francesco D’Amico, and Pietro Parisse Published: 30 January 2023 AbstractIn this work, the effect of X-ray irradiation as...
Heteroleptic Ir(III)-based near-infrared organic light-emitting diodes with high radiance capacity
Yongjin Park, Gyeong Seok Lee, Woochan Lee, Seunghyup Yoo, Yun-Hi Kim & Kyung-Cheol Choi Published: 25 January 2023 Abstract Near-infrared organic light-emitting diodes (NIR OLEDs) with heavy metals are regularly reported due to the advantages of their various...