InfraRed Data Analysis Training

 

Preceded by a brief introduction on FTIR spectroscopy, the training is based on short tutorials and practical exercises using actual FTIR spectroscopic and imaging data acquired both by the SRIR microbeam at the MIRIAM endstation and by conventional sources on a variety of sample types covering multidisciplinary applications from life sciences to materials analysis and mineralogy. The first day will serve as an introduction to FTIR data analysis via OPUS/IR and OPUS/SEARCH, with basic manipulations shown and worked on including AB-TR conversion, baseline correction, atmospheric correction, spectrum calculator, spectral subtraction, and peak pick. The workshop will cover various topics in succession including display handling, customising work spaces, user management, quick compare, spectrum search, peak search mode, information search, creating a spectral library, quant builder, multi-component QA and the plot layout editor.

 

The second day will be focused on 3D and Video data analysis obtained via IR mapping and FPA imaging. The aim will be to show in a practical way all features of the software with suitable image files exemplifying various possible evaluations such as chemical contour plots, component regression, cluster analysis and factor analysis. In particular the second day afternoon will offer the opportunity of doing analysis on selected examples of data from IR imaging and SRIR mapping on different samples and will include a Q&A session.

 

Organiser: Gianfelice Cinque and Paul Turner (Bruker)