Guest Editorial

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 58, Iss. 8, pp. 220A–220A (2004)
• Michael Blades, David Trimble, and George Agnes

Spectroscopists' Calendar

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 58, Iss. 8, pp. 222A–223A (2004)

What's New 2004 Buyers Guide

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 58, Iss. 8, pp. 228A–233A (2004)

Applied Spectroscopy News

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 58, Iss. 8, pp. 238A–238A (2004)

Book Reviews

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 58, Iss. 8, pp. 239A–239A (2004)

Coblentz Society Newsletter

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 58, Iss. 8, pp. 240A–244A (2004)

Carbon Analysis for Inspecting Carbonation of Concrete Using a TEA CO₂ Laser-Induced Plasma

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 58, Iss. 8, pp. 887–896 (2004)
• Kiichiro Kagawa, Nasrullah Idris, Munehide Wada, Hendrik Kurniawan, Kenichiro Tsuyuki, and Satoru Miura

Analysis of Water Ice and Water Ice/Soil Mixtures Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy: Application to Mars Polar Exploration

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 58, Iss. 8, pp. 897–909 (2004)
• Zane A. Arp, David A. Cremers, Roger C. Wiens, David M. Wayne, Béatrice Sallé, and Sylvestre Maurice

Potential of Far-Ultraviolet Absorption Spectroscopy as a Highly Sensitive Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis Method for Aqueous Solutions, Part I: Determination of Hydrogen Chloride in Aqueous Solutions

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 58, Iss. 8, pp. 910–916 (2004)
• Noboru Higashi and Yukihiro Ozaki

Interference Effects in Photoacoustic and Reflectance Spectroscopies on TiO₂/Si Structures and TiO₂ Band Gap

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 58, Iss. 8, pp. 917–921 (2004)
• A. Conde-Gallardo, A. Cruz-Orea, and S.A. Tomas

Characterization of Novel Ag on TiO₂ Films for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 58, Iss. 8, pp. 922–928 (2004)
• A. Mills, G. Hill, M. Stewart, D. Graham, W.E. Smith, S. Hodgen, P.J. Halfpenny, K. Faulds, and P. Robertson

Chemical Segregation and Reduction of Raman Background Interference Using Drop Coating Deposition

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 58, Iss. 8, pp. 929–933 (2004)
• Dongmao Zhang, Melissa F. Mrozek, Yong Xie, and Dor Ben-Amotz

Resolution of Intermediate Adsorbate Structures in the Potential-Dependent Self-Assembly of n-Hexanethiolate on Silver by in situ Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 58, Iss. 8, pp. 934–944 (2004)
• Rory H. Uibel and Joel M. Harris

Potential-Dependent Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering from Adsorbed Thiocyanate for Characterizing Silver Surfaces with Improved Reproducibility

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 58, Iss. 8, pp. 945–951 (2004)
• Vanessa Oklejas and Joel M. Harris

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Investigation of the Electric-Field-Induced Reorientation of the Nematic 7CPB with Different Prealignment

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 58, Iss. 8, pp. 952–957 (2004)
• E. Klimov and H.W. Siesler

Development of Attenuated Total Reflection Based Compression Modulation Step-Scan Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and its Applications to Rheo-Spectral Characterizations of Polymer Films

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 58, Iss. 8, pp. 958–968 (2004)
• Yuji Nishikawa, Tatsuhiko Nakano, Hiroshi Miyauchi, Koichi Nishikida, and Eric Y. Jiang

Contribution of Semi-Quantum Dielectric Function Models to the Analysis of Infrared Spectra

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 58, Iss. 8, pp. 969–974 (2004)
• Domingos De Sousa Meneses, Jean-Francois Brun, Patrick Echegut, and Patrick Simon

Indirect Spectral Hard Modeling for the Analysis of Reactive and Interacting Mixtures

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 58, Iss. 8, pp. 975–985 (2004)
• Frank Alsmeyer, Hans-Jürgen Koß, and Wolfgang Marquardt

Automatic Generation of Peak-Shaped Models

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 58, Iss. 8, pp. 986–994 (2004)
• Frank Alsmeyer and Wolfgang Marquardt

Gram–Schmidt Orthogonalization for Rapid Reconstructions of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging Data

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 58, Iss. 8, pp. 995–1000 (2004)
• Rohit Bhargava and Ira W. Levin

Characterization of Infrared and Near-Infrared Absorptions of Free Alcoholic OH Groups in Hydrocarbon

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 58, Iss. 8, pp. 1001–1009 (2004)
• Reikichi Iwamoto and Toshihiko Matsuda

Simple Fiber-Optic-Based Sensors for Process Monitoring: An Application in Wine Quality Control Monitoring

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 58, Iss. 8, pp. 1010–1019 (2004)
• Isabelle Noiseux, William Long, Alain Cournoyer, and Marcia Vernon

Dual-Wavelength Time-Resolved Resonance Ionization Imaging with Cesium and Mercury Vapors

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 58, Iss. 8, pp. 1020–1022 (2004)
• J.P. Temirov, N.V. Chigarev, O.I. Matveev, N. Omenetto, B.W. Smith, and J.D. Wine-Fordner