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Volume 3

Sample Characterization and Spectral Data Processing

SPECTRA-STRUCTURE CORRELATIONS
  • Spectra-Structure Correlations in the Mid And Far Infrared
  • Spectra-Structure Correlations in the Near-Infrared
  • Spectra-Structure Correlations in Raman Spectroscopy
  • Infrared and Raman Spectra of Inorganic and Coordination Compounds
  • Spectra–structure Correlations: Polymer Spectra
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Utility of Isotopic Data
  • Automated Spectral Searching in Infrared, Raman and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
  • Expert Systems
GROUP THEORETICAL AND NUMERICAL APPROACHES TO THE CALCULATION OF VIBRATIONAL SPECTRA
  • Group Theory and Effects of Symmetry Lowering on Vibrational Spectra
  • Normal Coordinate Analysis
  • Calculation of Vibrational Frequencies by Hartree–Fock-based and Density Functional Theory
  • Calculation of Vibrational Frequencies by Molecular Mechanics
  • Vibrational Intensities: Interpretation and Use for Diagnostic Purposes
DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS
  • Chemometrics – an Introduction
  • Discriminant Analysis
  • Discriminant Analysis by Neural Networks
  • Classification Methods
TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D) ANALYSIS
  • General Theory of Two-dimensional (2D) Analysis
  • Two-dimensional Correlation Spectroscopy in Vibrational Spectroscopy
SPECTRAL ENHANCEMENT AND BAND RESOLUTION TECHNIQUES
  • Smoothing and Derivatives in Spectroscopy
  • Resolution Enhancement Approaches
  • Curve-fitting: Modeling Spectra
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
  • Beer’s Law
  • Classical Methods of Quantitative Analysis
  • Quantitative Spectroscopic Calibration
  • Inverse Least Squares and Classical Least Squares Methods for Quantitative Vibrational Spectroscopy
  • Principal Component Regression and Partial Least Squares Regression
  • Wavelength Selection by Genetic Algorithms
  • Data Transfer
ANOMALIES, ARTIFACTS AND COMMON ERRORS IN USING VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY TECHNIQUES
  • Mid-infared Spectroscopy: Anomalies, Artifacts and Common Errors
  • Anomalies in Near-infrared Spectroscopy
  • Anomalies and Artifacts in Raman Spectroscopy
GLOSSARY
  • Glossary of Terms used in Chemometrics