“…As for the spectrum of the TC18-Lu xerogel from petroleum ether, some main peaks were observed at 3,242, 2,918, 2,848, 1,709, 1,648, and 1,469 cm −1 . These bands can be assigned to the N-H stretching, methylene stretching, carbonyl group stretching, amide I band, and methylene shearing, respectively [46-48], In comparison, in the spectrum of TC18-Lu in chloroform solution, the corresponding characteristic peaks appeared at 1,743 and 1,586 cm −1 , respectively. The obvious shifts indicated the strong intermolecular hydrogen bonding interaction between imide compounds.…”