In this study, the feasibility of using copper oxide (CuO) as an interface for the coupling of liquid chromatography (LC) and Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy was investigated. CuO exhibits low absorption in the 4000 to 1000 cm-1 FTIR spectral region. In addition, LC-FTIR using CuO as the interface was extended to the analysis of sample mixtures containing benzamide and dioctyl se...

The Agilent Cary 610 FTIR Microscope is an infinity-corrected optical system, providing superior sensitivity at high spectral and spatial resolution, fast analyses and maximum productivity. It delivers a selection of measurement modes and provides the complete solution for automated infrared mapping experiments. With many advantages over in-bench FTIR spectroscopic analysis of small (hundreds t...

The versatility of FTIR spectrometry was explored by considering a variety of samples drawn from industrial applications, materials science and biomedical research. These samples included polymeric insulators, bauxite ore, clay, human hair and human skin. A range of sampling techniques suitable for these samples is discussed, in particular FTIR microscopy, FTIR emission spectroscopy, attenuated...

The Environmental Protection Agency’s open-path Fourier transform infrared (OP-FTIR) activities include passive and active measurements in several stack and fugitive emission monitoring applications. Extensive research has been devoted during the past two years to evaluate and validate various OP-FTIR technologies for the identification and detection of toxic industrial compounds and chemical w...

BACKGROUND Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) microspectroscopy is a promising method for estimating the depth-wise composition of articular cartilage. The aim was to compare the specificity of two earlier introduced, presumably proteoglycan (PG)-specific FTIR parameters (i.e., absorption in the carbohydrate region with and without normalization with Amide I absorption) to estimate the reference...

Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) microspectroscopy images contain information from the whole infrared spectrum used for microspectroscopic analyses. In combination with the FTIR image, visible light images are used to depict the area from which the FTIR spectral image was sampled. These two images are traditionally acquired as separate files. This paper proposes a histogram shifting-based data...

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) difference spectroscopy in combination with deuterium exchange experiments has been used to study the photo-oxidation of P740, the primary electron donor in photosystem I from Acaryochloris marina. Comparison of (P740(+)-P740) and (P700(+)-P700) FTIR difference spectra show that P700 and P740 share many structural similarities. However, there are s...

BACKGROUND A previous study demonstrated that Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy can distinguish thyroid cancer from benign thyroid lesions. The aim of this study was to explore the use of FTIR for identifying metastatic lymph nodes of papillary thyroid cancer in vitro, and distinguishing between metastatic and non-metastatic tissue. METHODS Some 184 freshly removed cervical lymph...