A new application note from SensIR Europe describes and illustrates how infrared microspectroscopy aids rapid identification and morphological evaluation of solid pharmaceutical excipients. It illustrates how the Illuminator microspectrometry system may be used to collect visual and spectroscopic information on different solid excipients within a formulation. As an accessory to a standard infinity-corrected optical microscope, the Illuminator provides a valuable molecular spectroscopic analysis capability. Identification of the excipients is achieved automatically through the QualID software by comparing the collected spectra to a library of reference spectra. The note illustrates how this information can then be combined with the morphological information in the digital images to fully characterise particles in blended pharmaceutical formulations.

A new application note from SensIR Europe describes how infrared microspectroscopy aids rapid identification and morphological evaluation of solid pharmaceutical excipients. It illustrates how the Illuminator microspectrometer system may be used to collect visual and spectroscopic information on different solid excipients within a formulation and. as an accessory to a standard infinity-corrected optical microscope, the Illuminator provides molecular spectroscopic analysis capabilities. Identification of the excipients is achieved automatically through the QualID software by comparing the collected spectra to a library of reference spectra. The note shows how this information can then be combined with the morphological information in the digital images to fully characterise particles in blended pharmaceutical formulations.