Tim Cumming
FTIR Portfolio
8/5/12
Block Diagram:
List of Vendors:
Jasco, Bruker Optics, Perkin Elmer, Thermo Scientific, Shimadzu, Agilent
Technologies
Three Research Articles:
“Low-cost FTIR Microscopy Units Gain Wider Use in Microanalysis.” Chem. Eng. News, 1985,
63 (49), pp15-6.
Fa, Keqing; Jiang, Tao; Nalaskowski, Jakub; Miller, Jan D. “Optical and Spectroscopic
Characteristics of Oleate Adsorption As Revealed by FTIR Analysis.” Langmuir, 2004,
20 (13), pp 5311-21.
Shepherd, Brent; Bellamy, Michael K. “A Spreadsheet Exercise to Teach the Fourier
Transform in FTIR Spectrometry.” J. Chem. Educ., 2012, 89 (5), pp 681-2.
Two Common Uses:
Identification of organic contaminants
Obtaining structural information about proteins