Calcite microcrystals in the pineal gland of the human brain: Second harmonic generators and possible piezoelectric transducers

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-209

  Baconnier, S ^a   Lang, S B ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Calcite; Crystal texture; Microcrystals; Piezoelectricity; Raman spectroscopy; Scanning electron microscopy; Second harmonic generation; Sulfur; Synchrotron

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CALCITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROMETERS; MORPHOLOGY; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLYCRYSTALS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SULFUR; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TISSUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CRYSTAL TEXTURE; MICROCRYSTALS; NEAR INFRARED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; PINEAL GLANDS;

BRAIN;

EID: 2342527338     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2004.1285888     Document Type: Conference Paper

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