Multi-user Equipment approved in grant 2014/50951-4: Instituto Nacional de Ciências e Tecnologias Analíticas Avançadas (INCTAA). Near-infrared Spectrophotometer (NIR)

• Grant number: 21/05679-8
• Support Opportunities: Multi-user Equipment Program
• Duration: August 01, 2021 - July 31, 2028
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Javier Erick Lobatón Villa
• Grantee: Javier Erick Lobatón Villa
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 14/50951-4 - INCT 2014: Advanced Analytical Technologies, AP.TEM
• EMU web page: Página do Equipamento Multiusuário não informada
• Type of equipment: Caracterização de Materiais - Espectroscopia - Infravermelho; Caracterização de Materiais - Espectroscopia - Óptica (UV-Visível)
• Manufacturer: Fabricante não informado
• Model: Modelo não informado

Abstract

This Multi-User Equipment project aims to acquire a Near Infrared Spectrophotometer (NIR). Even before the approval of the National Institute of Advanced Analytical Sciences and Technology INCTAA, several researchers who are members of this institute were already developing research in analytical use of NIR spectroscopy. This research line starts in the late 1990s using instruments developed in the Instrumentation and Automation Group (GIA) at IQ-UNICAMP. In 2001, GIA acquired the first commercial spectrophotometer (BOMEM MD-260). Although it is still in operation with deficiencies in its performance, its technology is discontinued mainly due to the use of a control board and data acquisition via computer still employing an ISA type interface found in the obsolete 386 computers. In addition, the instrument fails to meet the demand of ICTAA researchers who, in large numbers, work on the topic of NIR Spectroscopy. Thus, the acquisition of a NIR Spectrophotometer is necessary to continue the development of research projects developed at INCTAA and in the training of human resources, in this area that is undoubtedly an area of analytical chemistry whose application grows significantly in various sectors of the national industry and agriculture. (AU)