Table Of ContentINFRARED SPECTROSCOPY–
MATERIALS SCIENCE,
ENGINEERING AND
TECHNOLOGY
Edited by Theophile Theophanides
Infrared Spectroscopy – Materials Science, Engineering and Technology
Edited by Theophile Theophanides
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Contents
Preface XI
Introductory Introduction to Infrared Spectroscopy 1
Chapter Theophile Theophanides
Section 1 Minerals and Glasses 11
Chapter 1 Using Infrared Spectroscopy to Identify New
Amorphous Phases – A Case Study of Carbonato
Complex Formed by Mechanochemical Processing 13
Tadej Rojac, Primož Šegedin and Marija Kosec
Chapter 2 Application of Infrared Spectroscopy to
Analysis of Chitosan/Clay Nanocomposites 43
Suédina M.L. Silva, Carla R.C. Braga,
Marcus V.L. Fook, Claudia M.O. Raposo,
Laura H. Carvalho and Eduardo L. Canedo
Chapter 3 Structural and Optical Behavior of
Vanadate-Tellurate Glasses Containing PbO or Sm O 63
2 3
E. Culea, S. Rada, M. Culea and M. Rada
Chapter 4 Water in Rocks and Minerals –
Species, Distributions, and Temperature Dependences 77
Jun-ichi Fukuda
Chapter 5 Attenuated Total Reflection –
Infrared Spectroscopy Applied
to the Study of Mineral – Aqueous
Electrolyte Solution Interfaces:
A General Overview and a Case Study 97
Grégory Lefèvre, Tajana Preočanin
and Johannes Lützenkirchen
Chapter 6 Research of Calcium Phosphates Using
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy 123
Liga Berzina-Cimdina and Natalija Borodajenko
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Chapter 7 FTIR Spectroscopy of
Adsorbed Probe Molecules for Analyzing the
Surface Properties of Supported Pt (Pd) Catalysts 149
Olga B. Belskaya, Irina G. Danilova, Maxim O. Kazakov,
Roman M. Mironenko, Alexander V. Lavrenov
and Vladimir A. Likholobov
Chapter 8 Hydrothermal Treatment of Hokkaido Peat –
An Application of FTIR and 13C NMR
Spectroscopy on Examining of Artificial
Coalification Process and Development 179
Anggoro Tri Mursito and Tsuyoshi Hirajima
Section 2 Polymers and Biopolymers 193
Chapter 9 FTIR – An Essential Characterization
Technique for Polymeric Materials 195
Vladimir A. Escobar Barrios, José R. Rangel Méndez,
Nancy V. Pérez Aguilar, Guillermo Andrade Espinosa
and José L. Dávila Rodríguez
Chapter 10 Preparation and Characterization of
PVDF/PMMA/Graphene Polymer Blend
Nanocomposites by Using ATR-FTIR Technique 213
Somayeh Mohamadi
Chapter 11 Reflectance IR Spectroscopy 233
Zahra Monsef Khoshhesab
Chapter 12 Evaluation of Graft Copolymerization
of Acrylic Monomers Onto Natural
Polymers by Means Infrared Spectroscopy 245
José Luis Rivera-Armenta, Cynthia Graciela Flores-Hernández,
Ruth Zurisadai Del Angel-Aldana, Ana María Mendoza-Martínez,
Carlos Velasco-Santos and Ana Laura Martínez-Hernández
Chapter 13 Applications of FTIR on Epoxy Resins –
Identification, Monitoring the Curing
Process, Phase Separation and Water Uptake 261
María González González, Juan Carlos Cabanelas and Juan Baselga
Chapter 14 Use of FTIR Analysis to Control the
Self-Healing Functionality of Epoxy Resins 285
Liberata Guadagno and Marialuigia Raimondo
Chapter 15 Infrared Analysis of Electrostatic
Layer-By-Layer Polymer Membranes Having
Characteristics of Heavy Metal Ion Desalination 301
Weimin Zhou, Huitan Fu and Takaomi Kobayashi
Contents VII
Chapter 16 Infrared Spectroscopy as a
Tool to Monitor Radiation Curing 325
Marco Sangermano, Patrick Meier and Spiros Tzavalas
Section 3 Materials Technology 337
Chapter 17 Characterization of Compositional Gradient
Structure of Polymeric Materials by FTIR Technology 339
Alata Hexig and Bayar Hexig
Chapter 18 Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy –
Useful Analytical Tool for Non-Destructive Analysis 353
Simona-Carmen Litescu, Eugenia D. Teodor,
Georgiana-Ileana Truica, Andreia Tache
and Gabriel-Lucian Radu
Chapter 19 Infrared Spectroscopy in the Analysis
of Building and Construction Materials 369
Lucia Fernández-Carrasco, D. Torrens-Martín,
L.M. Morales and Sagrario Martínez-Ramírez
Chapter 20 Infrared Spectroscopy Techniques in the
Characterization of SOFC Functional Ceramics 383
Daniel A. Macedo, Moisés R. Cesário, Graziele L. Souza,
Beatriz Cela, Carlos A. Paskocimas, Antonio E. Martinelli,
Dulce M. A. Melo and Rubens M. Nascimento
Chapter 21 Infrared Spectroscopy of
Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles 405
Perla E. García Casillas, Claudia A. Rodriguez Gonzalez
and Carlos A. Martínez Pérez
Chapter 22 Determination of Adsorption Characteristics
of Volatile Organic Compounds Using
Gas Phase FTIR Spectroscopy Flow Analysis 421
Tarik Chafik
Chapter 23 Identification of Rocket Motor
Characteristics from Infrared Emission Spectra 433
N. Hamp, J.H. Knoetze, C. Aldrich and C. Marais
Chapter 24 Optical Technologies for
Determination of Pesticide Residue 453
Yankun Peng, Yongyu Li and Jingjing Chen
Chapter 25 High Resolution Far Infrared Spectra
of the Semiconductor Alloys Obtained
Using the Synchrotron Radiation as Source 467
E.M. Sheregii
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Chapter 26 Effective Reaction
Monitoring of Intermediates by ATR-IR
Spectroscopy Utilizing Fibre Optic Probes 493
Daniel Lumpi and Christian Braunshier
