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THESIS - ROC CH ... - FINAL - resubmission.pdf - University of Guelph

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Figure 6.10: Enlarged FTIR spectra <strong>of</strong> SPI/Cellulose blend film comparison focusing on the Amide<br />

I band.<br />

Absorbance<br />

0.35<br />

0.33<br />

0.31<br />

0.29<br />

0.27<br />

0.25<br />

0.23<br />

0.21<br />

0.19<br />

0.17<br />

0.15<br />

1690<br />

MSF2.5<br />

MSF1.0<br />

MSF0.5<br />

MSF0.25<br />

SNF0.25<br />

SPI<br />

1670<br />

1650<br />

The Amide I band can reveal the configuration <strong>of</strong> the secondary structure via the<br />

dominating frequencies. Prominent frequencies near 1654 cm -1 , 1633 cm -1 , 1672 cm -1 , and 1654<br />

cm -1 correlate to secondary structures <strong>of</strong> α-helix, β-sheet, β-turns, and random coils<br />

(Goormaghtigh et al. 1994). As mentioned in Section 4.4.5, this indicates that the extruded films<br />

are predominantly made <strong>of</strong> β-sheet secondary structures. Moreover, the β structure is shown to<br />

be made <strong>of</strong> antiparallel configuration due to the accumulation <strong>of</strong> vibrations at 1630 cm -1 (Barth<br />

2007). It can be seen the addition <strong>of</strong> fibers did not affect the beta sheet configuration with all<br />

treatments having similar frequencies at 1630 cm -1 .<br />

82<br />

1630<br />

Wavenumber (cm -1 )<br />

1610<br />

1590

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