Fourier transform infrared measurements

Hug, S.J. (1997) In situ Fourier transform infrared measurements of sulfate adsorption on hematite in aqueous solutions. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 188 415-422 Hug, S.J. Canonica, L. Wegelen, M. Gechter, D. vonGrunten, U. (2001) Solar oxidation and removal of arsenic at circumneutral pH in iron containing waters. Environ. Sci. Techn. 35 2114-2121... 

Fourier transform infrared measurements have shown that electrochemical HDH of halogenated phenols produced the phenolate anion, followed by a sequence of electron additions and halide expulsions leading, via the intermediate radical, to phenol (Chetty et al. 2003, 2004). 

The infrared-electrochemical cell, originally designed by Bewick and his coworkers, was partly modified to introduce an electrode from the upper part of the cell. The front side of the cell is attached with a CaFg optical window, and the backside with a glass syringe which pushes the electrode against the window. The Fourier transform infrared measurements were conducted at 0 °C for Cu electrodes and at ambient temperature for Ni and Fe electrodes by JIR-6000 (Nihon Densi, Co. Ltd.) externally equipped with an MCT (mercury-cadmium-telluride) detector. Infrared spectra were acquired by the subtraction of two spectra reflected from the electrode at different potentials (SNIFTIRS). The other details were described previously. [9]... 

Low-resolution optical spectroscopic measurements established that the PrPc—>PrPSc conversion is accompanied by a major decrease in a-helical content and an increase in (3-sheet structure [101-104]. However, the secondary structure of PrPSc remains controversial, with the estimated content of a-helical structure ranging from 0%, as assessed by circular dichroism spectroscopy [104], to 0-21%, as inferred from Fourier-transform infrared measurements [101-103, 105]. These low resolution spectroscopic measurements are subject to considerable uncertainty thus, caution should be exercised when using global secondary structure estimates for constructing specific high-resolution structural models of PrPSc. 

Hug, S. H. (1997). In situ Fourier transform infrared measurements of sulfate adsorption on hematite in aqueous solutions.. Colloid Interface Sci. Vol. 188, pp. 415-422, 0021-9797. 

Besbes S, Bokobza L, Monnerie L, Bahar I, Erman B. Molecular orientation in deformed bimodal networks. 2. Fourier transform infrared measurements on poly(dimethylsiloxane) networks and comparison with theory. Macromolecules 1995 28 231-5. 

Uotila, J. and Kauppinen, J. (2008) Fourier transform infrared measurement of solid-, liquid-, and gas-phase samples with a single photoacoustic cell. Appl. Spectrosc., 62, 655-660. 

Willey R R 1976 Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer for transmittance and diffuse reflectance measurements Appl. Spectrosc. 30 593-601... 

In this chapter, three methods for measuring the frequencies of the vibrations of chemical bonds between atoms in solids are discussed. Two of them, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, FTIR, and Raman Spectroscopy, use infrared (IR) radiation as the probe. The third, High-Resolution Electron Enetgy-Loss Spectroscopy, HREELS, uses electron impact. The fourth technique. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, NMR, is physically unrelated to the other three, involving transitions between different spin states of the atomic nucleus instead of bond vibrational states, but is included here because it provides somewhat similar information on the local bonding arrangement around an atom. 

Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide can be measured using the FTIR techniques (Fourier transform infrared techniques see the later section on the Fourier transform infrared analyzer). Electrochemical cells have also been used to measure CO, and miniaturized optical sensors are available for CO 2 monitoring. 

Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) analyzers can be used for industrial applications and m situ measurements in addition to conventional laboratory use. Industrial instruments are transportable, rugged and relatively simple to calibrate and operate. They are capable of analyzing many gas components and determining their concentrations, practically continuously. FTIR analyzers are based on the spectra characterization of infrared light absorbed by transitions in vibrational and rotational energy levels of heteroatomic molecules. 

Such effects principally cannot be observed in multi band detectors such as a UV diode array detector or a Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) detector because all wavelengths are measured under the same geometry. For all other types of detectors, in principle, it is not possible to totally remove these effects of the laminar flow. Experiments and theoretical calculations show (8) that these disturbances can only be diminished by lowering the concentration gradient per volume unit in the effluent, which means that larger column diameters are essential for multiple detection or that narrow-bore columns are unsuitable for detector combinations. Disregarding these limitations can lead to serious misinterpretations of GPC results of multiple detector measurements. Such effects are a justification for thick columns of 8-10 mm diameter. 

Surface forces measurement is a unique tool for surface characterization. It can directly monitor the distance (D) dependence of surface properties, which is difficult to obtain by other techniques. One of the simplest examples is the case of the electric double-layer force. The repulsion observed between charged surfaces describes the counterion distribution in the vicinity of surfaces and is known as the electric double-layer force (repulsion). In a similar manner, we should be able to study various, more complex surface phenomena and obtain new insight into them. Indeed, based on observation by surface forces measurement and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, we have found the formation of a novel molecular architecture, an alcohol macrocluster, at the solid-liquid interface. 

Recent work in our laboratory has shown that Fourier Transform Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy (FT-IRRAS) can be used routinely to measure vibrational spectra of a monolayer on a low area metal surface. To achieve sensitivity and resolution, a pseudo-double beam, polarization modulation technique was integrated into the FT-IR experiment. We have shown applicability of FT-IRRAS to spectral measurements of surface adsorbates in the presence of a surrounding infrared absorbing gas or liquid as well as measurements in the UHV. We now show progress toward situ measurement of thermal and hydration induced conformational changes of adsorbate structure. The design of the cell and some preliminary measurements will be discussed. 

The conformational changes which have been described so far are probably all relatively small local changes in the structure of H,K-ATPase. This has been confirmed by Mitchell et al. [101] who demonstrated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy that a gross change in the protein secondary structure does not occur upon a conformational change from Ei to 3. Circular dichroism measurements, however [102,103], indicated an increase in a-helical structure upon addition of ATP to H,K-ATPase in the presence of Mg and... 

We have found new CO-tolerant catalysts by alloying Pt with a second, nonprecious, metal (Pt-Fe, Pt-Co, Pt-Ni, etc.) [Fujino, 1996 Watanabe et al., 1999 Igarashi et al., 2001]. In this section, we demonstrate the properties of these new alloy catalysts together with Pt-Ru alloy, based on voltammetric measurements, electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM), electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy (EC-STM), in situ Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). 

The hydrogen content Ch greatly influences structure and consequently electronic and optoelectronic properties. An accurate measurement of Ch can be made with several ion-beam-based methods see e.g. Arnold Bik et al. [54]. A much easier accessible method is Fourier-transform infrared transmittance (FTIR) spectroscopy. The absorption of IR radiation is different for different silicon-hydrogen bonding configurations. The observed absorption peaks have been indentified [55-57] (for an overview, see Luft and Tsuo [6]). The hydrogen content can be determined from the absorption peak at 630 cm , which includes... 

With recent developments in analytical instrumentation these criteria are being increasingly fulfilled by physicochemical spectroscopic approaches, often referred to as whole-organism fingerprinting methods.910 Such methods involve the concurrent measurement of large numbers of spectral characters that together reflect the overall cell composition. Examples of the most popular methods used in the 20th century include pyrolysis mass spectrometry (PyMS),11,12 Fourier transform-infrared spectrometry (FT-IR), and UV resonance Raman spectroscopy.16,17 The PyMS technique... 

The strength of the Bronsted (BAS) and Lewis (LAS) acid sites of the pure and synthesized materials was measured by Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (ATI Mattson FTIR) by using pyridine as a probe molecule. Spectral bands at 1545 cm 1 and 1450 cm 1 were used to indentify BAS and LAS, respectively. Quantitative determination of BAS and LAS was calculated with the coefficients reported by Emeis [5], The measurements were performed by pressing the catalyst into self supported wafers. Thereafter, the cell with the catalyst wafer was outgassed and heated to 450°C for lh. Background spectra were recorded at 100°C. Pyridine was then adsorbed onto the catalyst for 30 min followed by desorption at 250, 350 and 450°C. Spectra were recorded at 100°C in between every temperature ramp. 

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