A technique for microsecond heating and cooling of a thin (submicron) biological sample

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 378-382

  Steel, Bradley C ^a   Bilek, Marcela M ^a   McKenzie, David R ^a   Dos Remedios, Cristobal G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heat diffusion equation; Laser temperature jump; Microwave radiation; Temperature pulse

Indexed keywords

SILICON; GLASS; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; COOLING; DIFFUSION; HEATING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRESS; TEMPERATURE; CHEMISTRY; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAT; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

MUS;

COLD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GLASS; HEAT; HEATING; LASERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 0036733241     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-002-0228-0     Document Type: Article

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