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Published on: April 12, 2019
Characterisation of hydrogen bond perturbations in aqueous systems using aquaphotomics and multivariate curve
A A Gowen1, J M Amigo, R Tsenkova
1School of Biosystems Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. aoife.gowen@ucd.ie
Abstract:
Aquaphotomics is a new discipline that provides a framework for understanding changes in the structure of water caused by various perturbations, such as variations in temperature or the addition of solutes, using near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). One of the main purposes of aquaphotomics is to identify water bands as main coordinates of future absorbance patterns to be used as biomarkers. These bands appear as consequence of perturbations in the NIR spectra. Curve resolution techniques may help to resolve and find new water bands or confirm already known bands. The aim of this study is to investigate the application of multivariate curve resolution-alternating least squares (MCR-ALS) to characterise the effects of various perturbations on the NIR spectra of water in terms of hydrogen bonding. For this purpose, the perturbations created by temperature change and the addition of four solutions of different ionic strength and Lewis acidity were studied (NaCl, KCl, MgCl(2) and AlCl(3), with concentrations ranging from 0.2 to 1 mol L(-1) in steps of 0.2 mol L(-1)). Transmission spectra of all salt solutions and pure water were obtained at temperatures ranging from 28 to 45°C. We have found that three distinct components with varying temperature dependence are present in water perturbed by temperature. The salt solutions studied exhibited similar trends with respect to the temperature perturbation, while the peak locations of their MCR-ALS pure components varied according to the ionic strength of the salt used.
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