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Overview of Application of NIR Spectroscopy to Physical Chemistry

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Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

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Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy is a powerful tool in studies of physicochemical properties of various kinds of samples. In particular, NIR spectroscopy contributed considerable to our understanding of intermolecular interactions (e.g. hydrogen bonding), molecular structure, solvent effect, clustering, phase transitions, kinetics. Because of mechanical and electrical anharmonicity of molecular vibrations, NIR spectra provide unique information not available from the other spectral regions. On the other hand, to elucidate useful information from NIR spectra, more sophisticated methods of data analysis than those applied in mid-infrared (mid–IR, MIR) region are necessary. This chapter presents selected examples demonstrating the variety of problems in the field of physical chemistry that have been studied by NIR spectroscopy.

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  1. Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383, Wrocław, Poland

    Mirosław A. Czarnecki

  2. Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Radiochemistry, Leopold-Franzens University, CCB-Center for Chemistry and Biomedicine, Innrain 80/82, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria

    Krzysztof B. Beć & Justyna Grabska

  3. Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, Leopold-Franzens University, CCB-Center for Chemistry and Biomedicine, Innrain 80/82, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria

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  4. Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, 2-1 Gakuen, Sanda, Hyogo, 669-1337, Japan

    Yukihiro Ozaki

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Czarnecki, M.A., Beć, K.B., Grabska, J., Hofer, T.S., Ozaki, Y. (2021). Overview of Application of NIR Spectroscopy to Physical Chemistry. In: Ozaki, Y., Huck, C., Tsuchikawa, S., Engelsen, S.B. (eds) Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8648-4_13

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