“…As illustrated in Figure 2a, the typical FTIR spectra of the ε-PL absorbance was observed at 3218, 2932, 2863, 1660, 1557 and 1250 cm −1 , which could be attributed to the NH 2 symmetric stretching vibration, antisymmetric and symmetric stretching vibration of methylene (-CH 2 -), C=O stretching vibration (amide I), N-H bending (amide II) and C-N stretching vibration, respectively [14,34]. The characteristic peak of the Mt was exhibited at 3617 cm −1 , which is known as the O-H stretching vibration of Al-OH and Si-OH [35]. The peaks at 3400 and 1633 cm −1 could be ascribed to the O-H stretching and bending vibrations, respectively [36].…”