How to read and interpret ftir spectroscope of organic material

Abstract

Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) has been developed as a tool for the simultaneous determination of organic components, including chemical bond, as well as organic content (e.g., protein, carbohydrate, and lipid). However, until now, there is no further documents for describing the detailed information in the FTIR peaks. The objective of this study was to demonstrate how to read and assess chemical bond and structure of organic material in the FTIR, in which the analysis results were then compared with the literatures. The step-by-step method on how to read the FTIR data was also presented, including reviewing simple to the complex organic materials. This study is potential to be used as a standard information on how to read FTIR peaks in the biochemical and organic materials.