Explore the January 2024 edition of the CHARISMA newsletter! 📖💻
What awaits you in this month's newsletter?
NMBP-35 Workshop: From Research to Industry: How Characterisation and Digitisation Change the Game
CEN Workshop on “Raman devices calibration, verification and twinning protocols”
CHARISMA Raman School 2024 at the 28th International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy (ICORS 2024)
Recent CHARISMA publications
Updates from CHARISMA Work Packages
An Interview with Monica Calatayud (Sorbonne University)
Impressions from the last CHARISMA project meetings of 2023
Take part in the survey on intensity calibration of Raman spectrometers
NMBP-35 Workshop: From Research to Industry: How Characterisation and Digitisation Change the Game
You can now register to participate online!
Participate in our workshop and join us in fostering collaboration and joining the meeting place for innovation in Europe in the materials characterisation and digitisation field.
CEN Standardisation Workshop: “Raman devices calibration, verification and twinning protocols”
The kick-off meeting will be held virtually on 28 February 2024,
10:00–12:30.
Two CWAs [European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) Workshop Agreements] are expected to be developed under the Workshop describing protocols for the calibration and verification of Raman devices. It is expected to be ready for publication in seven months after the kick-off meeting.
The Secretariat is held by UNE, the Spanish Standardisation Body. Registrations are now open. 👇🏽
CHARISMA Raman School 2024 at the 28th International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy (ICORS 2024)
Registrations are open!
CHARISMA invites you to the Raman School 2024 as the satellite event of the 28th International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy (ICORS 2024).
The school will take place on 28 July 2024, bringing together Raman scholars and manufacturers worldwide.
The goal is to foster an exchange of insights and ideas concerning the most recent advancements in Raman-related research. In addition to presentations by expert researchers, a practical/hands-on session is planned to take place on 2 August 2024 (Friday) as part of the School at the university facilities.
Simply access the ICORS 2024 Registration and select the optional item under the "Events" section, with a participation fee of 30€. Act fast, as we have limited seating with only 60 spots available for participants.
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Two more publications added to the CHARISMA library 📚
CHARISMA partners' diligent work reflects in the comprehensive array of impactful publications, highlighting their dedication to advancing knowledge in their respective fields.
→ Sonia Marín-Cortés, María Fernández Álvarez, Alberto Moure, José Francisco Fernández, & Esther Enríquez. (2023). Chemometric-driven quantification of construction and demolition waste using Raman spectroscopy and SWIR: Enhancing sustainability in the ceramic sector. In Resources, Conservation and Recycling (Vol. 199, p. 107259). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.107259
→ I. Mena-Prado, J.J. Reinosa, M. Fernández-García, J.F. Fernández, A. Muñoz-Bonilla, A. del Campo. (2023). Evaluation of poly(lactic acid) and ECOVIO based biocomposites loaded with antimicrobial sodium phosphate microparticles.In International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (Vol. 253, Part 7). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.127488
WP2 — Modelling nanomaterials and their Raman spectra
WP2 has obtained relevant information on theoretical Raman spectra for a variety of systems. Regarding materials used for calibration, our calculations have allowed an experiment-free assignment of the peaks for calcite, TiO2 and polystyrene. For this, we have built structural models and used advanced implementations of DFT in materials science codes. We have also produced synthetic spectra thanks to the tools developed in WP4 and WP5 to help in the interpretation of real measurements. Recently we have started the application of computational approaches for the industrial cases: zeolite synthesis, document nanomarkers and food packaging.
The WP3 has now almost completed the assigned task and we are preparing several publications to reflect our work. Publications regarding peak fitting effects on the calibration of Raman devices, the use of Si and calcite in Raman standards for calibration purposes, Polystyrene as reference material in Raman calibrations, twinning Raman devices, use of LED for intensity calibration purposes and finally the round robin results on our protocols for calibration. These papers will be published next year.
Objective achieved: 2 valid nanomarkers and 4 paper demonstrators have been produced in FNMT facilities. With only 4 demonstrators we have produced demonstrators with the addition of both nanomarkers in the 2 layers of paper: paper mass, total paper surface and partial paper surface. The nanomarkers and demonstrators manufactured are ready to validate the harmonisation procedure designed. Nanomarkers and demonstrators are ready to be used as the security element for value and identification documents or other traceability applications. The use of an harmonised system will achieve not only a correct detection of nanomarker but also the same results of Raman signal from different devices in the world.
WP7 is focused in the preparations to launch a CEN Workshop to develop a CWA (CEN Workshop Agreement) for ‘Raman devices calibration, verification and twinning protocols’. An analysis of the results from CHARISMA with potential to go through the standardisation process preceded this stage resulting in promoting the development of the first European standard covering this topic aimed to make Raman data from different Raman units comparable. The participation in this development will be open, potential interested actors are being identified and will be invited, however interested parties can contact our partner from UNE (imoya@une.org) to take part in this work.
Take part in the survey on intensity calibration of Raman spectrometers
The survey is intended to understand the requirements on relative intensity calibration procedure (or in other words, the determination of instrument response function).
CHARISMA involves professionals from large companies, regulation, small and medium enterprises, and academia. These partners have been and are engaged in numerous research initiatives on a variety of subjects.
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