Importance of FTIR Spectra Deconvolution in Amorphous Calcium Phosphate Analysis

Joint 12th Russia/CIS/Baltic/Japan Symposium on Ferroelectricity and 9th International Conference "Functional Materials and Nanotechnologies": Book of Abstracts 2014
Agnese Brangule, Kārlis-Agris Gross

Amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) plays an important role in the formation of biominerals. More crystalline analogues form more stable configurations of biological apatites. The diversity of possible arrangements within the apatite structure requires sensitive tools to detect changes. Tracking the bond type provides atomic level sensitivity through various spectroscopy techniques. This work will consider Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy – diffuse reflectance induced reflection (FTIR-DRIFT) for collecting the spectra and deconvolution to identify changes in bonding as a means of more powerful detection.

Keywords
DRIFT, calcium phosphate, ACP, deconvolution
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Brangule, A., Gross, K. Importance of FTIR Spectra Deconvolution in Amorphous Calcium Phosphate Analysis. In: Joint 12th Russia/CIS/Baltic/Japan Symposium on Ferroelectricity and 9th International Conference "Functional Materials and Nanotechnologies": Book of Abstracts, Latvia, Riga, 29 Sep-2 Oct., 2014. Riga: 2014, pp.350-350. ISBN 978-9984-45-875-5.

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English (en)