Why do we want to invent novel analyzers beyond state-of-the-art spectrometer?

Abstract

Are spectrometers in your laboratory useful to analyze your geochemical problems? Are state-of-the-art spectrometers in the world useful to analyze your geochemical problems? Do you need to invent novel spectrometers to analyze your geochemical problems? I would like to discuss with peoples who answer YES for the last question. Why do we want to invent novel analyzers beyond state-of-the-art spectrometer? Because new geochemical problems, which are difficult to solve by use of state-of-the-art spectrometers, are discovered by yours. Development of novel spectrometers begins collaboration between new types of physics and chemistry, and advance towards discovery of new spectrometer. I would like to discuss the case of isotope microscope, as an example that discovery on geochemistry has been made by an invention of new spectrometer.