Issue 17, 2012

Line shape distortion effects in infrared spectroscopy

Abstract

This paper explores different phenomena that cause distortions of infrared absorption spectra by mixing of reflective and absorptive band shape components of infrared spectra, and the resulting distortion of observed band shapes. In the context of this paper, we refer to the line shape of the variations of the refractive index in spectral regions of an absorption maximum (i.e., in regions of “anomalous dispersion”) as “dispersive” or “reflective” line shape contributions, in analogy to previous spectroscopic literature. These distortions usually result in asymmetric bands with a negative intensity contribution at the high wavenumber of the band, accompanied by a shift toward lower wavenumber, and confounded band intensities. In extreme cases of band distortions caused by the “resonance Mie” (RMie) mechanism, spectral peaks may be split into doublets of peaks, change from positive to negative peaks, or appear as derivative-shaped features.

Graphical abstract: Line shape distortion effects in infrared spectroscopy

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 May 2012
Accepted
05 Jul 2012
First published
06 Jul 2012

Analyst, 2012,137, 3954-3964

Line shape distortion effects in infrared spectroscopy

M. Miljković, B. Bird and M. Diem, Analyst, 2012, 137, 3954 DOI: 10.1039/C2AN35582E

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