Near Infrared Technology Moves South

McClure W.F. , and Hassler F.J. , “Certain Fluorescence Characteristics of Intact Bright Leaf Tobacco”, Tob. Sci. 6, 10 (1962).

McClure W.F. , “Spectral Characteristics of Tobacco in the Near-Infrared Region from 0.6 to 2.6 microns”, Tob. Sci. 12, 232 (1968).

McClure W.F. , “An Instrument for Non-Destructive Measurement of Total Chlorophyll in Tobacco”, Tob. Sci. 13, 22 (1969).

McClure W.F. , A Rapid Method for Measuring Moisture Content of Cured Tobacco. USDA Cooperative Agreement No. 12-14-100-8397(57). North Carolina State University (1968).

McClure W.F. Norris K.H. and Weeks W.W. , “Rapid Spectrophotometric Analysis of the Chemical Composition of Tobacco. Part I: Total Reducing Sugars”, Bietr. Tabakforsch. 9, 13 (1977).

Hamid Abdul , Design and Development of a Computerized Spectrophotometer for Measuring the Optical Properties of Biological Materials. PhD Thesis, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina (1977).

Gwynn G.R. and McClure W.F. , “Differences Among Tobacco Varieties and Breeding Material in Chlorophyll Content During Curing”, Tob. Sci. 18, 1 (1974).

Swartzel K.R. Hansen A.P. and McClure W.F. , “Relationship of Absorbance to Process Treatments and Flavor During Storage of Ultra-High-Temperature Dairy Products” J. of Dairy Sci. 63(7), 1039 (1980).

McClure W.F. , “A Spectrophotometric Technique for Studying the Browning Reaction in Tobacco” Trans, of the ASAE 18(2), 380 (1975).

Carroll D.E. Ballinger W.E. McClure W.F. and Nesbitt W.B. , “Wine Quality Versus Ripeness of Light-Sorted ‘Carlos’ Muscadine Grapes” Am. J. Enol. and Vitic. 29(3), 169 (1978).

Hamid Abdul McClure W.F. and Weeks W.W. , “Rapid Spectrophotometric Analysis of the Chemical Composition of Tobacco. Part II. Total Alkaloids”, Beitr. Tabakforsch. 9(5), 267 (1978).

McClure W.F. Hamid A. Giesbrecht F.G. and Weeks W.W. , “Fourier Analysis Enhances NIR Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy”, Appl. Spectrosc. 38(3), 322 (1984).

Davies A.M.C. and McClure W. F. , “Near Infrared Analysis in the Fourier Domain With Special Reference to Process Control”, Analytical Proceedings 22, 321–322 (1985).

Davies A.M.C. and McClure W.F. , “Advantages and Applications of Fourier Transform Near Infrared Spectroscopy”, Proceedings of the International NIR/NIT Conference (Budapest, Hungary), pp. 61–66 (1986).

McClure W.F. and Davies A.M.C. , “Fourier Self-Deconvolution in the Analysis of Near-Infrared Spectra of Chemically Complex Samples”, in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Fourier-transform Spectroscopy Vienna, Austria (1987).

Davies A.M.C. Britcher H.B. Franklin J.G. Ring S.M. Grant A. and McClure W.F. , “The Application of Fourier-Transformed Near-Infrared Spectra to Quantitative Analysis by Comparison of Similarity Indices (CARNAC)”, Mikrochim. Acta (Wien) 1, 61 (1988).

McClure W.F. and Davies A. M. C. “Fast Fourier Transforms in the Analysis of Near Infrared Spectra”, in Analytical Applications of Spectroscopy, Creaser C. S. and Davies A.M.C. (Eds). The Royal Society of Chemistry, London (1988).