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Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
About: Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 48250 publications have been published within this topic receiving 1134369 citations.
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TL;DR: By appropriate selection of the ligand properties, the nanoparticle surfaces can be polymerized in various solvents, providing an opportunity for the growth of a wide variety of water-soluble polymers and polylectrolyte brushes from the nanoparticles surfaces.
Abstract: We report a new strategy for the preparation of monodisperse, water-soluble magnetic nanoparticles. Oleic acid-stabilized magnetic nanocrystals were prepared by the organic synthesis route proposed by Sun et al. (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 273.), with size control obtained via seeded-mediated growth. The oleic groups initially present on the nanoparticle surfaces were replaced via ligand exchange reactions with various capping agents bearing reactive hydroxyl moieties. These hydroxyl groups were (i) exploited to initiate ring opening polymerization (ROP) of polylactic acid from the nanoparticle surfaces and (ii) esterified by acylation to permit the addition of alkyl halide moieties to transform the nanoparticle surfaces into macroinitiators for atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). By appropriate selection of the ligand properties, the nanoparticle surfaces can be polymerized in various solvents, providing an opportunity for the growth of a wide variety of water-soluble polymers and polylectrolyte brushes (both cationic and anionic) from the nanoparticle surfaces. The nanoparticles were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), electron microscopy, and light scattering. Light scattering measurements indicate that the nanoparticles are mostly present as individual nonclustered units in water. With pH-responsive polymers grown on the nanoparticle surfaces, reversible aggregation of nanoparticles could be induced by suitable swings in the pH between the stable and unstable regions.
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TL;DR: It is demonstrated that FTIR is a tool that can quantitatively probe short range interactions in starch structure, however, the assumptions of linear relationships between starch ordered structure and peak ratios are overly simplistic.
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TL;DR: In this article, the effect of treatment temperatures on the acidity of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) was studied and Fourier transform infrared absorption spectroscopy (FTIR) was used for qualitative characterization.
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TL;DR: Fourier transform infrared nanospectroscopy (nano-FTIR) based on a scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscope equipped with a coherent-continuum infrared light source can straightforwardly determine the infrared absorption spectrum of organic samples with a spatial resolution of 20 nm.
Abstract: We demonstrate Fourier transform infrared nanospectroscopy (nano-FTIR) based on a scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscope (s-SNOM) equipped with a coherent-continuum infrared light source. We show that the method can straightforwardly determine the infrared absorption spectrum of organic samples with a spatial resolution of 20 nm, corresponding to a probed volume as small as 10 zeptoliter (10–20 L). Corroborated by theory, the nano-FTIR absorption spectra correlate well with conventional FTIR absorption spectra, as experimentally demonstrated with poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) samples. Nano-FTIR can thus make use of standard infrared databases of molecular vibrations to identify organic materials in ultrasmall quantities and at ultrahigh spatial resolution. As an application example we demonstrate the identification of a nanoscale PDMS contamination on a PMMA sample.
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23 May 2012
TL;DR: In this paper, the applicability of dispersion IR spectroscopy for natural fibres studies is discussed and a review by Annette, Sudhakar, Ursula and Andrea also demonstrates the application of this technique for natural fiber analysis.
Abstract: Infrared spectroscopy is nowadays one of the most important analytical techniques available to scientists. One of the greatest advantages of the infrared spectroscopy is that virtually any sample in any state may be analyzed. For example, liquids, solutions, pastes, powders, films, fibres, gases and surfaces can all be examined with a judicious choice of sampling technique. The review by Annette, Sudhakar, Ursula and Andrea [1-2] also demonstrates the applicability of dispersion infrared spectroscopy for natural fibres studies.
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