Spectrophotometry: Accurate Measurement of Optical Properties of Materials

This volume is an essential handbook for anyone interested in performing the most accurate spectrophotometric or other optical property of materials measurements. The chapter authors were chosen from the leading experts in their respective fields and provide their wisdom and experience in measurements of reflectance, transmittance, absorptance, emittance, diffuse scattering, color, and fluorescence. The book provides the reader with the theoretical underpinning to the methods, the practical issues encountered in real measurements, and numerous examples of important applications.

Written by the leading international experts from industry, government, and academiaWritten as a handbook, with in depth discussion of the topicsFocus on making the most accurate and reproducible measurementsMany practical applications and examples

1. Introduction Germer, Zwinkels and Tsai 2. Theoretical concepts in spectrophotometric measurements Germer, Zwinkels and Tsai 3. Dispersive methods Gaertner, Yoon and Germer 4. Fourier transform methods Kaplan and Quijada 5. Regular reflectance and transmittance van Nijnatten 6. Diffuse reflectance and transmittance Höpe 7. Spectral fluorescence Zwinkels, DeRose and Lelan 8. Angle-resolved diffuse reflectance and scattering Germer, Stover and Schröder 9. Spectral emissivity measurements Watanabe, Ishii, Wakabayashi, Kumano, and Hanssen 10. Color and appearance Nadal, Wyble and Zarobila 11. The use of spectrophotometry in the pharmaceutical industry Hammond 12. Spectrophotometry applications: Remote sensing Bruegge, Davies, Schwandner, and Seidel 13. Microspectrophotometry Martin and Eyring