A cryogenic optical waveguide spectrometer for the measurement of low-temperature absorption spectra of dilute biological samples

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 337, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 121-129

  Siddiqui, M Salim U ^a   Stanley, Robert J ^a  

^a Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryobiochemistry; Cryogenic optical waveguide spectrometer; Liquid core waveguide; Low temperature absorption spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; LIQUIDS; LOW TEMPERATURE PHENOMENA; SPECTROMETERS; TEMPERATURE;

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; CRYOBIOCHEMISTRY; HIGH REPRODUCIBILITY; LIQUID CORE WAVEGUIDE; LOW TEMPERATURE TECHNIQUES; LOW-TEMPERATURE ABSORPTION; ULTRAVIOLET REGION; WAVEGUIDE SPECTROMETERS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTOLYASE; FLAVOPROTEIN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CRYOTHERAPY; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 11844304202     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2004.10.031     Document Type: Article

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