Materials for terahertz science and technology

Nature Materials

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 26-33

  Ferguson, Bradley ^a,b   Zhang, Xi Cheng ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED RADIATION; PROTEINS;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

BIOMATERIAL;

APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETICS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036769849     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat708     Document Type: Review

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