Terahertz spectroscopic differentiation of microstructures in protein gels

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 13102-13115

  Png, Gretel M ^a   Falconer, Robert J ^b   Fischer, Bernd M ^a,c   Zakaria, Hidayatul A ^b   Mickan, Samuel P ^a   Middelberg, Anton P J ^b   Abbott, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c FRENCH GERMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SAINT LOUIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GELS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PROTEINS;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; DIFFERENTIATION TOOL; FIBRILLAR STRUCTURES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; GLOBULAR MICROSTRUCTURES; MEDICAL RESEARCHERS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; OPTICAL IMAGING TECHNIQUE;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

LACTOGLOBULIN; PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GEL; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; PH; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; GELS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTOGLOBULINS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 67749145449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.013102     Document Type: Article

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