July 21, 2009 - A2 Technologies announced increased sampling and usability capabilities for its Exoscan portable FTIR spectrometer system. These enhancements extend the capability of this spectrometer to cover an array of applications for lab and/or field use and make the Exoscan the ideal system for the scientist who requires optimum flexibility in spectroscopic-based application development and implementation.The Exoscan system is engineered to be very rugged, compact and easy to use. Users are continually surprised that such a small system has the spectroscopic performance of much larger and more expensive traditional lab systems. Now, sampling interfaces for the Exoscan system include internal reflectance, grazing angle reflectance, diffuse reflectance and specular reflectance.
With these enhancements, Exoscan can accommodate liquids, powders, pastes, as well as reflective and non-reflective solids. Exoscan can be used as a hand-held, battery operated FTIR system for field use and, with its optional docking station, as a powerful lab bench top system. This flexibility enables spectroscopists to non-destructively gather data in the field, develop methods in the lab and then implement those methods out of the lab.Exoscan systems are already in use in aerospace, polymer, coatings, geoscience, art conservation, pharmaceutical and academic applications. The sampling and usability enhancements will provide the spectroscopic community with new capabilities for solving previously intractable application problems.
