FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY: DEVELOPMENTS, TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY: DEVELOPMENTS, TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1: FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY: DEVELOPMENT, TECHNIQUES, AND APPLICATION IN THE ANALYSES OF FATS AND OILS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

INFRARED (IR) SPECTROSCOPY

APPLICATION OF FTIR SPECTROSCOPY IN FATS AND OILS ANALYSES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 2: A MODIFIED FOURIER SERIES METHOD FOR THE DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURES

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

A MODIFIED FOURIER SERIES METHOD FOR SOLVING BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS

VIBRATIONS OF BEAMS WITH GENERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

VIBRATIONS OF TWO ARBITRARILY COUPLED BEAMS

VIBRATIONS OF MULTI-SPAN BEAMS

EXTENDING THE MODIFIED FOURIER SERIES METHOD TO 2-D STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS - PLATES WITH ARBITRARY BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX STRUCTURES

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX A: EXPRESSIONS OF H, Q, S AND Z MATRICES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 3: FIBER OPTIC-COUPLED GRAZING ANGLE PROBE-FOURIER TRANSFORM REFLECTION ABSORPTION INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY FOR ANALYSIS OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS ON SURFACES

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

SAMPLES AND STANDARDS PREPARATION

INSTRUMENTAL SETUP AND SPECTROSCOPIC PARAMETERS

SOLVENT SELECTION FOR SURFACE DEPOSITING

FOC-RAIRS OF NITRO AND NON-NITRO ENERGETIC MATERIALS ON METALLIC SURFACES

FOC-GAP-RAIRS SPECTRA OF 2,4,6-TNT DEPOSITED ON NON TRADITIONAL SURFACES

CHEMOMETRICS MODELS AND DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 4: APPLICATION OF CHEMOMETRIC MODELED FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROMETRIC DATA FOR DIAGNOSTIC INVESTIGATION OF CANCER VIA TISSUE AND BLOOD ANALYSIS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPIC FEATURES OF CELL BIOCHEMICALS

THEORETICAL DESCRIPTION OF APPLIED CHEMOMETRIC TECHNIQUES

ANALYSIS OF COLON CANCER TISSUE SAMPLES

RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

ANALYSIS OF BLOOD SAMPLES FOR CANCER DETECTION

CONCLUDING REMARKS

REFERENCES

Chapter 5: SIMULATOR PHOTOREACTOR FOR THE CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OFDIESEL EXHAUST EMISSIONS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF DIESEL EXHAUST EMISSIONS

MONITORING OF DIESEL EXHAUST EMISSIONS

SMOG CHAMBER FOR DIESEL EXHAUST MONITORING

DIESEL EXHAUST STUDIES IN SMOG CHAMBERS

CASE STUDY: MONITORING OF PAHS

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 6: FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY: DEVELOPMENTS, TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. UNIVERSAL ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROSCOPY

3. FTIR IMAGING

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 7: EVALUATION OF SAMPLES AND STANDARDS OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS ON SURFACES BY GRAZING ANGLE-FTIR SPECTROSCOPY

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

RESIDENCE TIME AND SUBLIMATION KINETICS

HOMOGENEITY OF DISTRIBUTIONS ON SS SURFACES

METASTABLE PHASES OF TNT AND RDX

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 8: AN IN SITU FTIR FIBER OPTIC METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENTS AND EXCIPIENTS ON METALLIC SUBSTRATES

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE

SAMPLE PREPARATION

IN SITU FTIR-BASED SCREENING TECHNIQUE

QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF SPECTRA

DEVELOPMENT OF A CALIBRATION MODEL

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS (DA)

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 9: STRUCTURAL MODIFICATION OF SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOTUBES BY GAMMA IRRADIATION

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE

3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

INDEX