Preface
The four volumes of the work entitled, Fourier Transform In frared Spectroscopy: Applications to Chemical Systems (Aca demic Press , Inc. ) have been found to be extremely useful.
They have served the scientific community with state-of-the-art topics, written by expert s and accompanied by ample bibliographies, and in some cases , provided directions for further research. A recent Analytical Chemistry survey has listed Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) as one of
the fastest growing analytical techniques . The continued interest in FT-IR and its utility in solving problems has encouraged us to provide a new, related volume. This volume attempts to indicate the value of the tool for solving chemical laboratory problems and emphasizes industrial applications. Please note that the title is somewhat different, and we have chosen not to number this volume. Additionally, we have an international group of authors .
Chapter 1 deals with the potentially revolutionary, high ly (critical temperature) inorganic superconductor s of the type LBCO (lanthanum barium copper oxide) and YBCO (yttrium barium copper oxide) . Chapter 2 addresses the less well-known, charge-transfer organic superconductors . These materials have low Tc values [(ET) 2Cu(SCN) 2 has the highest Tc of «10Ê , where ET is bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene] and are tremendously interesting because they lend themselves to molecular engineering in thei r synthetic methods , and their chemistry is of considerable interest . Chapter
3 discusses the present status of FT-IR microsampling techniques which have become extremely useful in solving practical problems , difficult or insoluble by other methods .
Chapter 4 present s an update on the status of FT-Raman spectroscopy, a potentially valuable addition to the arsenal of instrumentation available to analytical scientists. Chapter 5 is devoted to vibrational circular dichroism with practical applications provided in the area of biochemistry. Chapter 6
presents the characterization of impurities such as oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen in semiconductor silicon by FT-IR, and also the determination of epitaxial film thicknesses on silicon.
Chapter 7 considers the solution of industrial problems using FT-IR and compares the technique to other analytical techniques. Both surface and bulk analyses are discussed regarding impurities on silicon and gallium arsenide wafers.
Chapter 8 deals with the multivariate statistical methods used in modern quantitative analysis by FT-IR, an area of considerable importance relative to mathematical manipulation of spectroscopic data. Chapter 9 discusses the solution of industrial problems using GC/FT-IR . Some of the applications re
late to the food and pesticide industries, the environment , carbohydrates , fragrant compounds , polymers , and forensic (drug) areas .
In some instances, the chapter s present new and only peripherally researched material . The editors have encouraged such inclusions, as it allows the reader to formulate directions of research he or she may want to pursue...

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