Searching for the Unknown

Bio-Rad Laboratories announced the release of KnowItAll^® ATR/IR ID Expert^™ and Raman ID Expert^™ solutions for spectral identification."The spectral intelligence built into KnowItAll ATR/IR ID Expert combined with the world's largest spectral reference collection provides the highest level of expertise to any scientist, whether a novice or power user," said Gregory M. Banik, Ph.D., Bio-Rad General Manager, Informatics.

Scientists often employ multiple software tools to identify a spectrum depending on its chemical composition and the availability of reference spectra, and even the most experienced researchers can misinterpret results, particularly if they choose the wrong software tool. With ATR/IR ID Expert and Raman ID Expert, the user simply opens an unknown spectrum and the software automatically performs single and multiple component searches as well as functional group analyses simultaneously and summarises the results on a single screen to give a complete view of all possibilities for the unknown spectrum.

If there are problems with the user's query spectrum, ID Expert has the spectral intelligence to identify these issues and suggest ways to fix them. Once the user has identified the unknown spectrum, a PDF report can be generated with a single click.