In its 50th anniversary issue (September 2008), Applied Spectroscopy has paid tribute to a 1992 paper that heralded the birth of a solid-state approach to chemical imaging.
A panel of Applied Spectroscopy's editors chose Dr Neil Lewis's 'Near-Infrared Acousto-optic Filtered Spectroscopic Microscopy: A Solid-State Approach to Chemical Imaging' as part of their selection of 25 groundbreaking papers.
Malvern Instruments this year appointed Lewis as technical director.
His novel instrumental approach formed the foundation for modern near-infrared chemical imaging systems, today led by the Malvern Synirgi.
The Synirgi design provides rapid data analysis for research into issues faced by the pharmaceutical industry such as formulation, counterfeiting and quality control.
