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Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy: Fundamentals and Application in Functional Groups and Nanomaterials Characterization

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Infrared spectroscopy is an extremely important instrumental tool in applied and basic sciences for the determination of various functional groups. In this chapter, we have described in detail the range of electromagnetic spectrum, IR regions, and basic principal by which IR radiations interact with matter. The identification of various functional groups in different class of organic compounds is also described. A detailed instrumentation is given in later section. The FTIR-ATR and its instrumentation were also explained, and finally its application for the characterization of nanomaterials is described. The application of IR spectroscopy in various fields is explained in detailed. It is noteworthy the IR is only active for that molecule which has a net dipole moment. A molecule and pure element have zero dipole moment, therefore, are not active in IR spectroscopy.

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The authors highly acknowledge the Chemistry Department and Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and Department of Chemistry, University of Swabi, Anbar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan for providing facility.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Swabi, Anbar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

    Shahid Ali Khan

  2. Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    Shahid Ali Khan, Sher Bahadar Khan & Abdullah M. Asiri

  3. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    Shahid Ali Khan, Sher Bahadar Khan & Abdullah M. Asiri

  4. Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

    Latif Ullah Khan

  5. Department of Chemistry, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar, Pakistan

    Aliya Farooq

  6. Division of Nano Sciences and Department of Chemistry, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea

    Kalsoom Akhtar

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Khan, S.A., Khan, S.B., Khan, L.U., Farooq, A., Akhtar, K., Asiri, A.M. (2018). Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy: Fundamentals and Application in Functional Groups and Nanomaterials Characterization. In: Sharma, S. (eds) Handbook of Materials Characterization. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92955-2_9

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