The contributors, from many countries, are all front-runners in modern vibrational spectroscopy, data analysis, instrumentation and/or applications. Another
purpose of this book is making a strong bridge between molecular spectroscopists
and researchers and engineers in various fields such as agriculture and food engineering, pharmaceutical engineering, polymer engineering, process engineering and
biomedical sciences. We intend the book to become a valuable source for molecular
spectroscopists who are interested in new applications of NIR spectroscopy and for
researchers and engineers in a variety of fields who would like to study basic
principles of molecular spectroscopy and NIR spectroscopy in particular.
Finally, it is our strong hope that this book will be useful for graduate science
and engineering students where it can serve as inspiration as textbook for courses
and seminars of graduate schools.
Last but not least, we would like to thank Dr. Shinichi Koizumi, Mr. Tony
Pressler Sekar and Ms. Taeko Sato of Springer Nature, for their continuous efforts
in publishing this exciting book.
Sanda, Japan
Yukihiro Ozaki
Innsbruck, Austria
Christian Huck
Nagoya, Japan
Satoru Tsuchikawa
Copenhagen, Denmark
July 2020
Søren Balling Engelsen
vi
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purpose of this book is making a strong bridge between molecular spectroscopists
and researchers and engineers in various fields such as agriculture and food engineering, pharmaceutical engineering, polymer engineering, process engineering and
biomedical sciences. We intend the book to become a valuable source for molecular
spectroscopists who are interested in new applications of NIR spectroscopy and for
researchers and engineers in a variety of fields who would like to study basic
principles of molecular spectroscopy and NIR spectroscopy in particular.
Finally, it is our strong hope that this book will be useful for graduate science
and engineering students where it can serve as inspiration as textbook for courses
and seminars of graduate schools.
Last but not least, we would like to thank Dr. Shinichi Koizumi, Mr. Tony
Pressler Sekar and Ms. Taeko Sato of Springer Nature, for their continuous efforts
in publishing this exciting book.
Sanda, Japan
Yukihiro Ozaki
Innsbruck, Austria
Christian Huck
Nagoya, Japan
Satoru Tsuchikawa
Copenhagen, Denmark
July 2020
Søren Balling Engelsen
vi
Preface