Tech Launch Arizona (TLA), University of Arizona’s tech transfer office, has licensed spectrometer technology to US-based ingredients appraisal device developer called Botanisol Analytics.

Botanisol Analytics will commercialise a spectrometer that functions from the vacuum ultraviolet part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Spectrometers usually measure wavelengths and light deviation, but Botanisol’s device will precisely identify a material’s chemical ingredients.

TLA said unspecified strategic partners would receive commercial prototypes of Botanisol’s device for alpha-stage testing later in 2018.

The company is initially targeting…