January 24 Through February 4—TUCSON, ARIZONA: Annual show
Welcome to the GemologyOnline.com Forum
A non-profit Forum for the exchange of gemological ideas
It is currently Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:55 pm

All times are UTC - 4 hours




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 3 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: $1000 portable device for counterfeit drug detection
PostPosted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 10:07 am 
Offline
Valued Contributor

Joined: Sun Jan 07, 2007 4:58 pm
Posts: 102
New story today about a $1000 portable Raman device for counterfeit drug detection developed by the FDA. If this is suitable for field use in Africa for anti-malarials, I expect this could work for gemology in the field. Your tax dollars at work :).

http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-sci-fda-counterfeit-detection-device-20130424,0,1133472.story

http://www.securingindustry.com/pharmaceuticals/fda-goes-its-own-way-with-counterfeit-detection-device/s40/a1405/


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
 Post subject: Re: $1000 portable Raman device for counterfeit drug detecti
PostPosted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 10:32 am 
Offline
Valued Contributor

Joined: Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:00 am
Posts: 344
Location: Finland
It looks like very nice product, photographing fluorescence reactions of materials illuminated with multiple wavelengths. Yes, it may have some really cool use in gemology, but it is not a Raman.

_________________
GemmoRaman GemmoFtir GemmoSphere


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
 Post subject: Re: $1000 portable device for counterfeit drug detection
PostPosted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 5:01 pm 
Offline
Platinum Member
User avatar

Joined: Tue Jan 02, 2007 8:20 pm
Posts: 2659
It's closer to deBeers DiamondView. But of does not use such short wave illumination. (Diamond View <230nm, very difficult and expensive illumination to produce)

anti Malarial drugs are very fluorescent. The original , quinine sulfate is used as a fluorescence standard for the testing of fluorescence spectrophotometers. Though largely replace by Rhodamine 6G in more recent history.


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 3 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 4 hours


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 4 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group
Gemology Style ported to phpBB3 by Christian Bullock