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APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY
Volume 72, Issue 12, Pages 1701-1751Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0003702818809719
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Portable; handheld; miniature; smartphone spectrometers; hyperspectral imaging; X-ray fluorescence; XRF; laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy; LIBS; ultraviolet--visible; UV-Vis; near-infrared; NIR; mid-infrared; Fourier transform infrared; FT-IR; Raman; algorithms; calibrations; spectral libraries and databases; homogeneous and heterogeneous samples; field instrumentation; on-site analysis; point-of need spectroscopy; point of care; portable clinical analysis
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Until very recently, handheld spectrometers were the domain of major analytical and security instrument companies, with turnkey analyzers using spectroscopic techniques from X-ray fluorescence (XRF) for elemental analysis (metals), to Raman, mid-infrared, and near-infrared (NIR) for molecular analysis (mostly organics). However, the past few years have seen rapid changes in this landscape with the introduction of handheld laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), smartphone spectroscopy focusing on medical diagnostics for low-resource areas, commercial engines that a variety of companies can build up into products, hyphenated or dual technology instruments, low-cost visible-shortwave NIR instruments selling directly to the public, and, most recently, portable hyperspectral imaging instruments. Successful handheld instruments are designed to give answers to non-scientist operators; therefore, their developers have put extensive resources into reliable identification algorithms, spectroscopic libraries or databases, and qualitative and quantitative calibrations. As spectroscopic instruments become smaller and lower cost, engines have emerged, leading to the possibility of being incorporated in consumer devices and smart appliances, part of the Internet of Things (IOT). This review outlines the technologies used in portable spectroscopy, discusses their applications, both qualitative and quantitative, and how instrument developers and vendors have approached giving actionable answers to non-scientists. It outlines concerns on crowdsourced data, especially for heterogeneous samples, and finally looks towards the future in areas like IOT, emerging technologies for instruments, and portable hyphenated and hyperspectral instruments.
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