Table Of ContentSpringer Proceedings in Physics 236
Dheeraj Kumar Singh
Sourav Das
Arnulf Materny Editors
Advances in
Spectroscopy:
Molecules to
Materials
Proceedings of NCASMM 2018
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Dheeraj KumarSingh SouravDas
Department ofPhysics Department ofChemistry
Institute of Infrastructure Technology Institute of Infrastructure Technology
Research AndManagement Research AndManagement
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
ArnulfMaterny
Department ofPhysics andEarthScience
JacobsUniversity Bremen gGmbH
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Preface
Already for a long time, spectroscopy has been one of the prominent tools in a
scientist’sarsenal.Spectroscopyreferstoaplethoraofdifferenttechniquesthatare
based on the interaction of molecules or matter with electromagnetic radiation
through absorption, emission, or scattering process. Since its inception in the
nineteenth century, the technique has been developed tremendously and nowadays
includes every region of the accessible electromagnetic spectrum, and is used for
practically all atomic or molecular processes. The powerful spectroscopic tech-
niques allow us to gain a fundamental understanding of the properties, dynamics,
and interactions of the basic building blocks of materials encountered in everyday
life. Optical spectroscopy techniques have applications to the greatest extent in all
thebranchesofscience(physics,chemistry,astronomy,biology,materialsscience,
nanotechnology, etc.), which makes them a truly interdisciplinary research tool,
applied in a wide variety of scientific and industrial applications ranging from
functional materials to pharmaceutical industry and from terrestrial remote sensing
to the study offaraway stars and galaxies.
With this motivation, the conference was organized with 125 participants from
all over India at IITRAM Ahmedabad during October 4–6, 2018. The academic
schedule of the conference consisted of plenary talks, invited talks, and many
contributed parallel talks. To encourage and motivate young researchers, a poster
sessionwithmorethan45posterswasalsoorganized.Theconferencealsoattracted
the participation of industry and engineering institutions. During the conference,
results from up-to-date research making use of different types of spectroscopy
(UV-visible, Raman spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy,
NMR, XPS, and time-resolved spectroscopy) and also covering the fields of laser
developmentandtheoreticalstudieswerepresentedindetail.Investigationsintothe
fundamental properties of molecules (environmental interests, biomolecules,
pharmaceutical drugs, hazardous molecules, etc.) and materials (nanomaterials,
nuclearmaterials,biomaterials,etc.)werepresented.Thisbookcontainssummaries
of selected papers that were presented during the conference. All the manuscripts
havebeenpeer-reviewedbeforeacceptedforthefinalpublication.Thepaperscover
a wide variety of results and ideas on spectroscopy and theoretical studies on
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moleculesandmaterials.Thisbookwillbeprimarilybeneficialtoresearchersfrom
many branches of science as spectroscopy is a widely used research technique.
This book presents a collection of selected topics in experiment and theory
demonstrating the usability for the characterization of molecules and various
exciting materials. The book is divided into four parts: (i) Spectroscopy of
Molecules and Materials, (ii) Spectroscopy of Nanomaterials, (iii) Functional and
Composite Materials, and (iv) Computational Study of Molecules and Materials.
Thechapterscoverpioneeringworks,recentachievements,anddiscussionoffuture
advancementsinbasicresearch,technologies,andenergyresearch.Theeditedbook
starts with a chapter by Dr. K. C. Jena, IIT Ropar, India, on ATR-FTIR spec-
troscopyanditsrelevancetoprobethemolecular-levelinteractionsbetweenamino
acids and metal-oxide nanoparticles at the solid/aqueous interface. In the second
chapter, the excited-state dynamics of fluorogenic molecules is reported by Prof.
AnindyaDatta,IITBombay,India.There,hepresentsanicereviewonthecurrent
statusoffluorescencespectroscopyrelevanttofundamentalexcited-statedynamics.
In the third chapter, the research group of Dr. Jena, IIT Ropar, presents the inter-
estingresultsofworkonsum-frequencygeneration(SFG)vibrationalspectroscopic
tool for investigation into polymer interfaces. In the fourth chapter, Prof. Gopal
Das, IIT Guwahati, has presented the fluorogenic and chromogenic sensing of
heavy metal ions in the aqueous medium. Furthermore, the exciting branches of
spectroscopic techniques like LIBS, quantum cascade laser spectroscopy,
high-resolution IR, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, NMR, etc. along with compu-
tational approach were employed for investigating the various molecules and
materials in the entire book.
For the editors of this book, it was an immense pleasure and an inspiration to
preparethecollectionpresentedinthisbook.Iamgratefultoalltheauthorsfortheir
efforts in the production of this informative collection about “Spectroscopy of
Molecules and Materials.” Moreover, I thank Aninda Bose who acted as a sup-
portive senior project editor (Springer, New Delhi). As an Editor of this volume, I
hopethatthiscollectionofqualityarticlesreflectsthecurrentstatusofspectroscopy
and also presents an outlook to future developments.
Ahmedabad, India Dr. Dheeraj Kumar Singh
Acknowledgements
Firstofall,IwouldliketoexpressmygratitudetoAlmightyGodBajarangaBalee
andMaaSaraswatitogivemestrengthforthesuccessfulorganizationofconference
andcollectionsofthequalitymanuscriptintheformofabook.Theconferenceon
“Advances in Spectroscopy: Molecules to Materials” had about 125 participants
from various reputed institutions across India. During the preparation and organi-
zation of the conference, many individuals and organizations provided their full
support and help and made the event a grand success. After the success of the
conference, the next task was to review almost hundreds of manuscripts submitted
forpublicationasproceedinginphysics.Manyreputedscientistsandacademicians
have accepted our review invitation and devoted their valuable time for reviewing
themanuscripts.Theexpertreviewofthesemanuscriptsgreatlyenrichesthequality
and scientific value of the book.
Thisconferencewouldnothavebeenpossiblewithoutunendinghelpandsupport
by many individuals, scientists, and academicians; therefore, on behalf of the
Organizing Committee, I would like to thank everyone who provided their full
supportinanywayduringorpost-eventactivities.Atfirst,Iwouldliketoshowmy
heartfeltgratitudeandthankstothemembersoftheNationalOrganizingCommittee,
especiallyProf.KankanBhattacharyya,IISERBhopal;Prof.O.N.Srivastava,BHU,
Varanasi; Prof. V. Chandrashekhar, Director, TIFR Hyderabad; Prof. T. K.
Chandrashekhar, Director, NISER, Odisha; Prof. Siva Umapathi, Director, IISER
Bhopal;Dr.AmitavaDas,Director,CSIR-CSMCRIBhavnagar;Dr.PankajRawat,
SERB-DST, New Delhi; Prof. Ashok Ganguli, Director, INST, Mohali; Prof.
VijayamohananK.Pillai,Director,CSIR-CECRI,TamilNadu;Prof.T.Pradeep,IIT
Madras; Prof. E. Arunan, IISc Bangalore; Prof. B. N. Jagatap, IIT Bombay; Dr.
PankajPoddar,CSIR-NCL,Pune,etc.WeareverygratefultotheLocalOrganizing
Committeefortheirunconditionalhelpandsupportthroughouttheevent.Theevent
wouldnothavebeenpossiblewithoutthesupportoftheadministrationandstaffof
IITRAM Ahmedabad, especially Vijay Parmar, Chetan Joshi, Rohit, Bhavin, and
many more. I would like to thank Prof. S. Prasanna, Dean; Dr. N. N. Bhuptani,
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Registrar;Prof.A.U.Digraskar,Director;andProf.ShivaPrasad,DirectorGeneral
of theIITRAM for theirsupportduring theevent.
The conference had a large gathering of participants that require a lot of
resources and funding to meet all the expenses. I am extremely thankful to the
Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST, Government of India;
Department of Atomic Energy—Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS),
Government of India; Gujarat Council of Science and Technology (GUJCOST),
Government of Gujarat; and Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission (GSBTM),
Government of Gujarat, for their financial support. The contributions and partici-
pation of our sponsors Avirahi City, Dholera, PerkinElmer, Aimil Pvt. Ltd., VVT
Lab, and DP Analytics are also gratefully acknowledged. The conference and the
reviewprocessofSpringerbookproceedingwouldnothavebeenpossiblewithout
the support of my colleagues of IITRAM and other scientists from the reputed
institutions.MyheartfeltandspecialthanksgotoDr.BrajeshTiwari,Dr.Mahuya,
and our Ph.D. students Deepak, Hardik, Paridhi, Ishwar Bhai, Pooja, Jeel, Divya,
andSoumalya.Lastbutnotleast,Iwouldliketothankmyfamily,mywifeShweta
Singh and my daughter Drishti Singh, for their valuable support and sacrifices
during the event and preparations of book.
Ahmedabad, India Dheeraj Kumar Singh
