Analytical applications of FT-IR to molecular and biological systems : proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held at Florence, Italy, August 31 to September 12, 1979 [i.e. 1980]

Instrumentation and Theory.- One View of the Advantages of Infrared Interferometry.- Basic Theory and Instrumentation for FT-IR Spectrometry.- Apodization and Phase Correction.- Energy-Limited Systems.- Techniques.- Modern Data Processing Techniques for Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy.- Hadamard Transform Spectroscopy.- Time Resolved Spectroscopy.- The Use of Fourier Transform Methods for the Measurement of Infrared Emission Spectra.- Accessories and Sampling Techniques for FT-IR Spectrometry.- Chromatography and FT-IR Spectrometry.- FT-IR Matrix Isolation Studies.- Some Remarks on Far Infrared Techniques for Measuring Absorption Spectra.- Applications.- Quantitative Aspects of FT-IR Spectroscopy in Industrial Applications.- Applications of Fourier Transform Infrared to Polymers.- Infrared Spectra of Globular Proteins in Aqueous Solution.- Application of FT-IR to Inorganic Species and Problems in Inorganic Chemistry.- Studies of Species Adsorbed on Catalyst Surfaces by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy.- Vibrational Spectra at Variable Temperature and the Determination of Energies Between Conformers.- Conformational Analysis by Far Infrared FT Spectroscopy.- Current Research in Far Infrared Interferometry.- Review on Basic Concepts of Low Frequency Modes in Crystals.- Lattice Modes of Molecular Crystals.- Infrared Spectra of Solids at Normal, and High Pressures.- Special Applications of Far Infrared Interferometry - Internal Rotation of Molecules with Two C3V Rotors.- Symmetry Determinations by Vibrational Spectroscopy.- Comparison of FT-IR and Raman Spectroscopy.- Author Index.- Reference Author Index.