Infrared Spectroscopic Study of γ-Irradiated Cotton Linters

Cotton linters is irradiated by Co-60 source with different doses (5 … 52 Mrad). The effect of γ-irradiation on the grafting of cotton linters with methylmethacrylate monomer (MMA) is clarified, crystallinity index (CrI) of irradiated samples decreases by increasing the radiation dose. A new hand appeared at 1715 cm^?1 (C=O) after irradiation. On the other hand, band intensities of some groups at 1600 cm^?1 (RCOO) are increased or decreased, e.g. OH at 3350 cm^?1 by irradiation.     

Spectroscopic Study on the Photophysical Properties of Lanthanide Complexes with 2, 2′-Bipyridine-N, N′-dioxide

Five novel lanthanide (Eu3+, Tb3+, Gd3+, Sm3+ and Dy3+) complexes with 2, 2'-bipyridine-N, N'-dioxide (bipyO2) were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectrum. The triplet state energy of bipy O2 was determined to be 22275 cm(-1) with the phosphorescence spectrum of bipy O2 and its gadolinium complex. The photophysical properties of these complexes indicated that the triplet state energy of the ligand is suitable for the sensitization of the luminescence of Eu3+, Tb3+, Sm3+ and Dy3+, especially of Tb3+.     

Spectroscopic and Theoretical Study of Cyanidin–Aluminum (III) Complexes

Complexation of aluminum (III) with cyanidin, a natural anthocyanidin molecule, has been investigated in methanol and buffered solutions of pH 3.0 and 4.0. Electronic absorption spectroscopy was performed to characterize the stoichiometry and stability of the complexes formed. In investigated solvents, aluminum bonded moderately to cyanidin requiring large mole ratios of the components (up to 200) for the access of complexation. Molar ratio plots showed the formation of only one complex with stoichiometry aluminum (III):cyanidin of 1∶1 in both investigated media. Semiempirical calculations, performed in the Austin Model 1 parameterization, enabled the determination of the structural features of free compounds as well as complex structural modifications caused by chelation of Al(III).     

Theoretical and Experimental Study of the Conformation and Vibrational Frequencies of N‐Acetyl‐L‐alanine and N‐Acetyl‐L‐alaninate

The vibrational frequencies of N‐acetyl‐L‐alanine (NAAL), its potassium salt (NAALK) and its free anionic form (NAAL^?) are calculated using density functional theory (B3LYP) combined with the 6‐311 + + G(d,p) basis set. The experimental Raman spectrum of solid NAALK and the scaling factors for calculated values are discussed as well. The three species are characterized by intramolecular NH…O hydrogen bonds leading to the formation of a five‐membered ring. As indicated by the intramolecular (N)H…O distances and by the ν(NH) frequencies, the strength of the intramolecular hydrogen bond is ordered as follows: NAAL^? < NAALK < NAAL^?. Owing to their difference in the coupling with other vibrational modes, the in‐plane and out‐of‐plane vibrations do not reflect the strength of the hydrogen bond.     

Infrared Absorption Study of Some Cyclic Ureas,Cyclic Thioureas and Their N,N′-Dialkyl Derivatives

Abstract

In his communication on the detection limits for thermal emission spectroscopy of metallic species in flame media, Fassel (¹) attacks our previous statement that detection limits for Al, Be and Mo were available only for turbulent oxygen-supported hydrogen or acetylene flames. It should be borne in mind that he was referring to a preliminary communication (²) which naturally does not carry an extensive bibliography. It should also be noted that we were concerned, in context, with a comparison of the separated flame with conventional flames, not with highly unconventional flames such as those to which he refers. Whilst the point with which he takes issue was a very minor one, incorporated in our preliminary communication mainly as an “aside”, we firmly disagree with his observation. The flame he refers to (³) (⁴) is, in fact, a diluted oxy-acetylene flame which is supported by venting some air (and therefore nitrogen) to dilute the fuel-oxygen mixture. Fassel's communication (¹) erroneously refers to this as a 'premixed oxy-acetylene flame', whereas elsewhere (⁵) it is described more correctly as an oxygen-nitrogen-acetylene flame. The burner he long-pathlength carbonaceous flames (¹⁰). They also allow more sensitive molecular emission spectroscopy of sulphur in an air-hydrogen flame (¹¹), etc. We hope that this unfortunate correspondence will not distract attention from the main issue of our previous or previous preliminary communication on the separated nitrous oxide-acetylene flime.     

Mid‐ and Near‐Infrared Spectroscopic Determination of Carbon in a Diverse Set of Soils from the Brazilian National Soil Collection

Abstract

Calibrations for soil carbon content measured by combustion (total carbon, TC) and chromate oxidation by a modified Walkley‐Black method (Walkley‐Black carbon, WBC) from the Brazilian National Soil Collection were made using Fourier‐transform near (1100 to 2500 nm; NIRS) and mid‐infrared diffuse reflectance (2,500 to 25,000 nm; DRIFTS) spectroscopy combined with partial least squares (PLS). Calibration sets of sample populations of different carbon ranges, soil taxonomic classes, and soil textural groups were established. These are for TC ranges between 0.4 to 555.0, 0.4 to 99.1, and 0.4 to 39.9 g kg^?1: for WBC 0.2 to 401.0, 0.2 to 66.0, and 0.2 to 66.0, and 0.2 to 30.0 g kg^?1: for soil taxonomic classes Ferralsols and Acrisols; and for soil textural groups very clayey, clayey, and medium textures were examined. Calibrations obtained for the largest TC and WBC ranges were better compared to the lower ones, but lower root mean squared deviation (RMSD) and relative difference (RD=RMSD/mean value) were found for the lower carbon ranges. Taxonomic soil class was not an adequate criterium for calibration set formation. Soil texture had effect on calibrations, especially using NIR, because of the particle size effect to which NIR was more sensitive than mid‐IR. In general, DRIFTS showed better performance than NIRS. NIRS only outperformed DRIFTS when used with calibration set fairly homogeneous in its particle size distribution. Results demonstrated that while calibrations can be developed using either DRIFTS or NIRS for even a very diverse set of soil samples, which will determine C over a wide range of concentrations inherent in such a diverse set, it is desirable to seperate sample populations by soil textural properties and choose the adequate spectral range (NIR or mid‐IR) based on the textural group, for calibration development to achieve more accurate results.     

Study of Spectroscopic Properties of Yb-doped Calcium Fluorapatite

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Raman Spectroscopic Study of Nanophase Titanium Dioxide

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Evaluation of the Mooney Viscosity of Natural Rubber by Near‐Infrared Spectroscopy

Abstract

The direct near‐infrared spectroscopic reflectance measurements of prevulcanized natural rubber (brown crepe) was employed for determination of its Mooney viscosity. NIR reflectance spectra were obtained for a total of 100 samples whose Mooney viscosity (VM in the range 68–95 units) have been determined by the standard reference procedure using a commercial computerized Mooney viscometer. These samples were employed as the raw material or were treated to achieve better homogenization. A Fourier transform near infrared (FT‐NIR) spectrophotometer was employed, and the reflectance spectra were obtained with resolution of 4 cm^?1 in the range 4000–10,000 cm^?1 as an average of 75 scans. The samples were split in a calibration set containing 70 samples and in an external validation set consisting of the remaining 30 samples. The calibration and validation spectra sets were treated to correct for baseline shift, further transformed by first derivative and finally modeled by partial least squares (PLS) employing four latent variables. The model was evaluated with the external sample test set, and a RMSEP of 3.6 and 3.9 units of Mooney viscosity were obtained for homogenized and nonhomogenized samples, respectively. The NIR method is capable of determining the Mooney viscosity in few minutes in the non‐pretreated sample with an error that is satisfactory for quality control of natural rubber destined for automobile tire manufacturing.     

High-Resolution Infrared Study of the ν11 Band of Allene

The high-resolution infrared spectrum of allene has been observed in the 280-380 cm⁻¹ region at a nominal resolution of 0.00125 cm⁻¹ using the IR beamline at the MAX-I electron storage ring in Lund. The spectrum shows the bending fundamental of the ν₁₁ band from which spectroscopic constants for the ν₁₁ level have been obtained. The accompanying hot band component 2ν₁₁²-ν₁₁¹ has also been assigned and analyzed.     

Study of the Optical Properties of CdZnSe/ZnS-Quantum Dot–Au-Nanoparticle Complexes

The interaction of gold nanoparticles (NPs) and semiconductor alloyed CdZnSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) in colloidal solutions is studied. It is shown that the photoluminescence intensity of QDs in a mixture decreases compared to that in the initial QD solution, which is caused by resonance nonradiative energy transfer from QDs to Au NPs in spontaneously formed aggregates. To control the formation of pairs of interacting QDs and Au NPs, we proposed have a method for creating QD–Au NP complexes bound by special molecules—ligands. It is shown that the morphology and optical properties of the samples obtained depend on the method of their preparation, in particular, on the chemical environment of QDs. It is found that the complexes form in the case of addition of hydrophilic Au NPs to hydrophobic QDs and that this almost does not change the optical properties of the latter compared to those of quasi-isolated QDs in colloidal solution.     

Preparation and Spectroscopic Study of Different Stoichiometric Solid Supramolecular Inclusion Complexes of β-Cyclodextrin with Short Chain Aliphatic Amines

选择β-CD为主体,制备了它与乙二胺1、二乙烯三胺2和三乙胺3形成的固体包合物,并通过元素分析、X射线衍射、红外光谱、热重和1H核磁共振等物理手段对制备的包合物进行了表征．基于元素分析和1H核磁共振的结果,在1-β-CD、2-β-CD和3-fi-CD三个固体包合物中,主体、客体的化学计量比分别确定为2:5、1:1和3:1．包合物的产率与客体分子对β-CD空腔的体积比有关,提升顺序为1-β-CD<2-β-CD<3-β-CD．X射线衍射表明,由于β-CD与客体存在分子间相互作用,原本归属于主、客体的衍射峰不仅在峰的位置,而且在峰的形状和衍射强度上都发生了明显的变化．并且主、客体包合物的形成明显提高了被包合的客体分子1和3的相变温度．此外,位于β-CD空腔小口端的H-5质子由于包合作用而显示更大的化学位移变化,而所有腔外质子均具有相对较低的化学位移变化值．     

Spectroscopic Investigations for the Six New Synthesized Complexes of Fluoroquinolones and Quinolones Drugs With Nickel(Ⅱ) Metal Ion: Infrared and Electronic Spectroscopy

Quinolone has a broad spectrum of synthetic antibiotics with a strong therapeutic effect and quinolone is a term used for chemical treatments used to treat a powerful bacteria. Quinolones are divided into 4 generations according to the bacterial spectrum, the majority of quinolones used clinically belong to the sub fluoroquinolones group, which has a fluorine atom linked to the central ring system, usually on its carbon atom 6 or 7. Herein in this article, six new nickel(Ⅱ) complexes (Ⅰ-Ⅵ) have been synthesized in aqueous alkaline media at pH ranged 8-9, the chemical reactions take place between levofloxacin (HLEV), lomefloxacin (HLOM), nalidixic acid (HNLA), oxolonic acid (HOXO), pipemidic acid (HPIP), and pefloxacin mesylate (HPEF) with nickel(Ⅱ) nitrate hexahydrate. The microanalytical (percentage of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen), molar conductance (Λ_m), Infrared (FTIR) spectra, electronic (UV-Vis) spectra, and effective magnetic moment instrumentals were used to identify the suggested structures and their surface morphology. According the analytical and spectroscopic analyses, the stoichiometry between nickel(Ⅱ) metal ion and drug ligands was found to be 1∶2 with general formula as [Ni(L)₂(H₂O)₂]·xH₂O (L=LEV (Ⅰ), LOM (Ⅱ), NAL (Ⅲ), OXO (Ⅳ), PIP (V), and PEF (Ⅵ); x=2 or 4). By the comparison between FTIR spectra of quinolone drugs and their complexes, it can be deduced that all the drug ligands act as a bidentate chelates through oxygen atoms of pyridine ring and carboxylate group. The electronic configuration of all synthesized nickel(Ⅱ) complexes were octahedral geometry which confirmed based on the values of magnetic susceptibility and the electronic transition bands.     

Matrix Isolation Infrared Spectroscopic and Density Functional Theory Study of the 1:1 Complex of Bromocyclohexane with NH3: Evidence for a Weak C–H–N Hydrogen Bond

ABSTRACT

The hydrogen-bonded bromocyclohexane–ammonia complex has been isolated and characterized for the first time in argon matrices at 16 K. Coordination of the proton adjacent to the Br substituent on the cyclohexane ring to the amino nitrogen was evidenced by distinct blue shifts of bending modes involving the H-C₁–Br unit. In particular, C–C₁–Br, H–C₁–Br, and C–C₁–H bending modes produced blue shifts ranging from 2.8 to 12.2 cm^?1. Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations at the B3LYP/6–31 + G(d, p) level yield an essentially linear Br–C₁–H–NH₃ hydrogen bond with a C-H–N distance of 2.412 Å and a hydrogen bond energy of 2.95 kcal/mol.     

Infrared Spectroscopic Analysis of Chrysene and 1.2-Benzanthracence in Wax films

Chrysene and 1.2-benzanthracene are successfully doped in a solid wax film and their vibrational spectra in gooo--400cm^-1 are discussed. The harmonic frequencies and relative intensities of both the molecules observed in the film are compared with theoretical values calculated by the density functional theory （DFT） model as well as with the previous experimental data. The effects on spectra due to change of matrix and some additional bands observed in the wax film are also reported. Excellent agreement in the spectral positions and strengths between the experiments and DFT values are found.     

Spectroscopic Investigation of the Adsorption of Nitrophenol Isomers on Ammonium Zeolite of Type “Y”

In this study, nitrophenol isomers were adsorbed on synthetic ammonium Y zeolite and the samples acquired were examined with infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The aim of the work is to investigate whether isomeric effects can be monitored after adsorption process. Theoretical calculations of isomers had been performed and the data acquired show that adsorption occurred via bonding from the sites of zeolite.     

N1 Protonated Salt of Adenine: Solid‐State Linear Dichroic Infrared Spectral Analysis

Abstract

An illustration of the possibilities of solid‐state linear‐dichroic infrared (IR‐LD) spectral analysis of a suspension of a sample in a nematic liquid crystal for supramolecular stereostructural characterization is demonstrated comparing the IR‐LD spectral results of solid adenine (Ade) and its new N₁ protonated salt (AdeH). In addition, a detailed IR‐spectral characterization of the AdeH derivative that explains the corresponding frequencies that change as a result of the protonation process was also done.     

Comparison of the Stability of Calix[4]arene‐crown‐6‐cation Binary Complexes Under Electrospray Mass Spectrometry

Electrospray/mass spectrometry ESI/MS analyses were performed to study the stability of calix[4]‐arene‐crown‐6/alkali cation complexes in the gas phase, and in acetonitrile/water mixtures. This approach allowed a comparison with previous investigations by molecular‐dynamic simulations,which demonstrated a complementarity between calculation and experiment. Experimental results obtained from ESI/MS confirm that the stability of calixarene/cation complexes depends upon the medium used. Indeed, the calixarene in solution presents a strong affinity for cesium, whereas in the gas phase, it has a stronger affinity for sodium. Similarly, the stability of [calixarene + Na]⁺‐type complexes in the solvent phase is increased by the presence of water in the dilution system (up to 40% in acetonitrile), whereas other alkaline complexes are destabilized by water in any proportion. Finally, calixarenes that bear benzo groups on their crowns have an affinity for sodium, which is weak in solution, but considerably stronger in the gas phase.