Treffer: Ira: a free and open-source Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) data analysis widget for pharmaceutical applications.

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) is one of the techniques most commonly employed in material characterization and identification. However, software licensing and proprietary file format limitations are commonly encountered hindrances when analyzing FTIR data. Spectrometers are generally provided with a license for a single copy of the operation/analysis software to run the machine, with additional copies requiring the purchase of software licenses. Furthermore, incompatibility between file formats across different spectrometers and spectral analysis software dictates additional limitations on analysts wishing to characterize spectra generated by devices incompatible with their software. This communication reports on the development of a free and open-source FTIR peak detection software, at the center of which is an in-house developed peak detection algorithm implemented in JavaScript (JS). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]