Wavelength (cm−1)

Unmodified CAC

nZnO-CAC

nZnO-STAC

Characteristic Vibration

3425 - 3429

Very strong

Very strong

Very strong

OH stretching (Al-Qodah & Shawabkah, 2009)

2070 - 2071

Medium

Medium

Medium

Aromatic C=C stretching

N=C=S stretching (Özçimen & Ersoy Meriçboyu, 2010)

1617

Strong

Strong

Strong

Aromatic C=C stretching

(Özçimen & Ersoy Meriçboyu, 2010)

1330 - 1430

Medium

Medium

Medium

Aldehyde OH bending (in plane)

(Thangeeswari et al., 2017)

1100 - 1110

Medium

Medium

Medium

C-C-C bending

Amine C-N stretching (Özçimen & Ersoy Meriçboyu, 2010)

602 - 605

Weak

Weak

Weak

Halo-compound C-Br stretching

C-H deformation (Al-Qodah & Shawabkah, 2009)

464 - 468

No peak

Medium

Medium

ZnO stretching (Thangeeswari et al., 2017)