FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY: DEVELOPMENTS, TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS -- FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY: DEVELOPMENTS, TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY: DEVELOPMENT, TECHNIQUES, AND APPLICATION IN THE ANALYSES OF FATS AND OILS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- INFRARED (IR) SPECTROSCOPY -- Infrared Absorption Process -- Instrumentation -- IR Spectra of Fats and Oils -- Sample Handling Technique -- 1. Transmission Technique -- 2. Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR) -- Chemometric Data Analysis -- APPLICATION OF FTIR SPECTROSCOPY IN FATS AND OILS ANALYSES -- Analysis of Various Quality Parameters of Fats and Oils -- 1. Iodine value and Saponification Value -- 2. Free Fatty Acid -- 3. Peroxide Value (PV) -- 4. Anisidine Value and Aldehydes -- 5. Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances -- 6. Isolated Trans Content -- 7. Moisture Content -- 8. Slip Melting Point and Cloud Point -- 9. Solid Fat Index -- Analysis of Minor Components and Contaminants in Fats and Oils -- Authentication of Fats and Oils -- Monitoring Oxidation of Vegetable Oils -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 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.

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 -- 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 -- Samples, Instruments and Software -- Comparison of Spectral Data for Colon Cancer Tissue Samples -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS -- ANOVA and PCA Results -- LDA Results -- SIMCA Results -- ANALYSIS OF BLOOD SAMPLES FOR CANCER DETECTION -- Samples, Instruments and Software -- Spectrometric Findings -- Results and Discussion -- LDA Results for General Discrimination -- SIMCA Results for BCC Diagnosis -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- SIMULATOR PHOTOREACTOR FOR THE CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF DIESEL EXHAUST EMISSIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF DIESEL EXHAUST EMISSIONS -- A) Primary Diesel Emissions -- B) Atmospheric Transformations of Diesel Exhaust Emissions -- MONITORING OF DIESEL EXHAUST EMISSIONS -- SMOG CHAMBER FOR DIESEL EXHAUST MONITORING -- A) Instrumentation -- B) Smog Chamber Experiment for Exhaust Monitoring -- C) Limitations of Smog Chambers -- DIESEL EXHAUST STUDIES IN SMOG CHAMBERS -- CASE STUDY: MONITORING OF PAHS.

CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY: DEVELOPMENTS, TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. UNIVERSAL ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROSCOPY -- 2.1. FTIR Study of Cotton Fiber Development -- 2.2. FTIR Study of Cotton Fiber Contamination -- 2.3. UATR-FTIR Study of Chemical Cross-Linking of Cotton Fabric -- FTIR Integrated Intensity vs. %DMUG -- 3. FTIR IMAGING -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 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 -- 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 -- STRUCTURAL MODIFICATION OF SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOTUBES BY GAMMA IRRADIATION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 3.1.Raman Spectroscopy -- 3.2. FTIR Spectroscopy -- 3.3. Atomic Force Microscopy -- 3.4. Stabilization Mechanism of Nanotube Dispersions -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.