Thermal-lens effect of native and oxidized lipoprotein solutions investigated by the Z-scan technique

International Journal of Atherosclerosis

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-38

  Alves, Sarah ^a   Monteiro, Andrea M ^b   Gidlund, Magnus A ^b   Figueiredo Neto, Antonio M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Lipoprotein; Thermal lens; Z Scan

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ILLUMINATION; LASER; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID OXIDATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; RELIABILITY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

EID: 62449271993     PISSN: 18092942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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