Phase behaviour and crystallinity of plant cuticular waxes studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

Planta ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 204 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Merk ◽  
Alfred Blume ◽  
Markus Riederer
Keyword(s):  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Infrared Spectroscopy ◽  
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy ◽  
Fourier Transform Infrared ◽  
Phase Behaviour ◽  
Cuticular Waxes

Orientation Measurements on Ordered Multibilayers of Phospholipids and Sphingolipids from Synthetic and Natural Origin by ATR Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

1986 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Brandenburg ◽  
Ulrich Seydel
Keyword(s):  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Infrared Spectroscopy ◽  
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy ◽  
Functional Groups ◽  
Dipole Moments ◽  
Fourier Transform Infrared ◽  
Bulk Water ◽  
Phase Behaviour ◽  
Infrared Light ◽  
Degree Of Hydration

Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy was applied to natural and synthetic planar membrane multibilayer systems made from phospholipids and sphingolipids to perform orientational measurements utilizing the attenuated total reflectance technique. Applying polarized infrared light, the dichroic ratios and the positions of the peak maxima of various infrared-active bands in dependence on temperature and degree of hydration as well as the phase behaviour were studied. Under certain assumptions - which are discussed - made for the order parameter S, the orientation of various functional groups with respect to the molecular axis or to the membrane normal can be determined. For the gel phase values for S between 0.80 ± 0.05 for the complete molecule and 0.40 ± 0.05 for the end methyl group and for the liquid crystalline phase a value of 0.50 ± 0.05 were approximated. Applying these data, a relatively precise determination of the angles of the oscillating dipole moments of various functional groups could be performed, which - for some vibrations - deviate considerably from those angles assumed earlier. Regarding the phase behaviour, it was found that not only the degree of hydration but the amount of bulk water of the sample has a strong influence on the phase transition temperature Tc (lyotrophism), but only a weak influence on the orientational data.

Multidisciplinary Investigations of a Double Sided Wooden Icon from Nicula Monastery, Romania

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (8) ◽  
pp. 2747-2752
Author(s):  
Constantin Marutoiu ◽  
Ioan Bratu ◽  
Mircea Gelu Buta ◽  
Olivia Florena Nemes ◽  
Sergiu Petru Timbus(Monk Siluan) ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Infrared Spectroscopy ◽  
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy ◽  
Fourier Transform Infrared ◽  
Spectroscopic Methods ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Painting Materials ◽  
The Status

A two-sided wooden icon from a monastery in Transylvania was submitted for multidisciplinary investigations involving X-Ray Fluorescence, Radiographic Photographyand Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. The most important part of the icon is St. Nicholas wooden icon, painted over forty years ago. The spectroscopic methods used revealed the painting materials composition, the status of the wooden stage, and the presence of resins as varnish (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy). On one side, the St Nicholasicon was painted over an old icon, St. Arch. Michael, which was evidenced by X-Ray Photography. The obtained data can serve for the preservation and the restoration of these wooden icons.

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