Compositional analysis of metal chelating materials using near-field photothermal Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy

Moffat, Jonathan, Mayes, Andrew, Belton, Peter, Craig, Duncan and Reading, Mike (2010) Compositional analysis of metal chelating materials using near-field photothermal Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy. Analytical Chemistry (including News & Features), 82 (1). pp. 91-97.

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Abstract

Photothermal-Fourier transform-infrared (PT-FT-IR) microspectroscopy employs a thermal probe mounted in a scanning probe microscope (SPM). By placement of the tip of the probe on the surface of a solid sample, it can obtain localized IR spectra of a wide range of samples. A second mode of analysis is also available; a sample can be taken from the selected location using a technique called thermally assisted nanosampling (TAN), then a spectrum can be obtained of the nanosample while the probe is remote from the surface. We report a novel method of local compositional analysis that combines both of these types of measurement; a reagent is attached to the tip using TAN, then the reagent is placed in contact with analyte. IR spectroscopy can then be used to analyze any interaction between the reagent and surface it is placed in contact with. All of these modes of analysis were illustrated using a metal chelating agent. In the surface mode, changes to a solid bead of a chelating resin were measured using standard PT-FT-IR. In the nanosampling mode of analysis, a particle of a chelating polymer was attached to the tip of the probe using TAN and this was placed in contact with a concentrated calcium solution. Strong spectral changes were observed that mirrored those found when exposing the surface bound chelating resin bead to a solution of the same ion. A semiquantitative simulation of the PT spectrum for a chelating resin bead was achieved using a thermal diffusion model derived from photoacoustic spectroscopy indicating that semiquantitative or quantitative measurements will be possible in such a system.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry
Faculty of Science > School of Pharmacy
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Biophysical Chemistry (former - to 2017)
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Physical and Analytical Chemistry (former - to 2017)
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Materials and Catalysis
Depositing User: Rachel Smith
Date Deposited: 23 Mar 2011 12:06
Last Modified: 22 Dec 2022 13:31
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/26994
DOI: 10.1021/ac800906t

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