title: FTIR Spectroscopy for Carbon Family Study.
abstract: Fourier transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is a versatile technique for the characterization of materials belonging to the carbon family. Based on the interaction of the IR radiation with matter this technique may be used for the identification and characterization of chemical structures. Most important features of this method are: non-destructive, real-time measurement and relatively easy to use. Carbon basis for all living systems has found numerous industrial applications from carbon coatings (i.e. amorphous and nanocrystalline carbon films: diamond-like carbon (DLC) films) to nanostructured materials (fullerenes, nanotubes, graphene) and carbon materials at nanoscale or carbon dots (CDots). In this paper, we present the FTIR vibrational spectroscopy for the characterization of diamond, amorphous carbon, graphite, graphene, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), fullerene and carbon quantum dots (CQDs), without claiming to cover entire field.
authors.affiliation: a National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies, IMT Bucharest , Bucharest , Romania.
authors.forename: Vasilica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ţucureanu
authors.affiliation: a National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies, IMT Bucharest , Bucharest , Romania.
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matei
authors.affiliation: a National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies, IMT Bucharest , Bucharest , Romania.
authors.forename: Andrei Marius
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Avram
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D045663:Quantum Dots; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D002244:Carbon
keywords: Carbon nanotube (CNT); Fourier transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy; carbon quantum dot (CQD); diamond; diamond-like carbon (DLC); fullerene; graphene; graphite