Polarization artefacts of an FTIR microscope and the consequences for intensity measurements on anisotropic materials

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-66

  Coats, A M ^a   Hukins, D W L ^a   Imrie, C T ^a   Aspden, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone; Collagen; Dichroic ratio; FITR microscopy; Intensity measurements; Polarization

Indexed keywords

BONE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MICROSCOPES; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY;

ANISOTROPIC MATERIAL; DEGREE OF POLARIZATION; DICHROIC RATIOS; FITR MICROSCOPY; FTIR; INFRARED BEAMS; INTENSITY MEASUREMENTS; INTENSITY RATIO; POLARIZATION ARTIFACTS; SPECTRA'S;

COLLAGEN;

AMIDE; COLLAGEN FIBER; POLYETHYLENE; COLLAGEN;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; GAS; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR BONE; BONE; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AMIDES; ANISOTROPY; ARTIFACTS; BONE AND BONES; COLLAGEN; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 0042229087     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01198.x     Document Type: Article

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