Cork stoppers are vital for wine bottle packaging, allowing the sealing of the wine in the bottle. Cork stoppers are coated with a treatment to increase impermeability and lubrication, ensuring the quality and longevity of bottled wines. This coating, typically made of hydrophobic polymers, is applied during the final stages of cork production. The application of the coating material to the cork surface takes p...
This present review article considers the rapid development of miniaturized handheld near-infrared spectrometers over the last decade and provides an overview of current instrumental developments and exemplary applications in the fields of material and food control as well as environmentally relevant investigations. Care is taken, however, not to fall into the exaggerated and sometimes unrealistic narrative of ...