News: Wiley adds data to its KnowItAll Raman collection including polymers, minerals, and consumer goods

January 22, 2025 — Wiley announced further expansion of its KnowItAll Raman Spectral Library collection, including three new Raman databases covering polymers, minerals, and consumer goods, bringing the collection to over 26,000 spectra. The addition of new data to their collections underscores Wiley's continued commitment to providing analytical data to increase lab efficiency and throughput. Below is a summary of recent updates:

Collection

Updates Made

KnowItAll Raman Spectral Library Collection

  •  A new database, Raman – Minerals – Wiley, containing 171 new mineral spectra added. Learn more.
  • A new database, Raman – Consumer Goods – Wiley, containing 11 new spectra of illicit adulterants that could be found in dietary supplements added. Learn more.
  • A new database, Raman – Polymers – Wiley, containing 87 new polymer spectra added. Learn more.
  • 8 new Raman spectra added to the Raman – Materials – Wiley database.
  • 195 new Raman spectra added to the Raman – Sadtler Controlled & Prescription Drugs 3 – Wiley database.
  • 112 new Raman spectra added to the Raman – Pigments & Dyes – Wiley database.

Wiley's spectral libraries cover multiple spectral techniques across a wide range of applications including polymer, materials, environmental, forensics, toxicology, pharmaceutical, biotech, automotive, aerospace, food, cosmetics, and more. Consistently evolving to increase coverage for meeting today's research demands, Wiley spectral libraries are critical to analytical laboratory workflows for the interpretation, identification, verification, and classification of spectra.

These databases, along with Wiley's comprehensive KnowItAll software solutions offer an unparalleled solution for fast, reliable spectral analysis.

Learn more at about Wiley's spectral libraries at: https://sciencesolutions.wiley.com/spectral-databases/

Current KnowItAll database subscribers: How to update to the latest version
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About Raman Spectral Analysis
Researchers use spectral search software along with spectral reference databases to identify “unknown” substances or verify the composition of materials. First, the Raman spectrometer measures a substance and produces a spectrum, which is expressed as a graph showing a series of peaks that is specific to the sample material. That spectrum is then compared to a spectral database containing the measured spectra of known substances using spectral search software. By using algorithms, the spectroscopy software finds the best match between the measured unknown spectrum and the library of known spectra, and the results suggest the most likely identity of the substance.

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