Concentration methods for high-resolution THz spectroscopy of nucleic-acid biomolecules and crystals

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 8221, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Brown, E R ^a,b,c   Zhang, W ^d   Mendoza, E A ^e   Kuznetsova, Y ^f   Brueck, S R J ^f   Rahman, M ^g   Norton, M L ^g  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Physical Domains LLC   (United States)

^c Physical Domains LLC   (United States)

^d North Carolina State University   (United States)

^e Redondo Optics Inc   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^g MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

circular waveguide; conical feedhorn; DNA crystal; nanofluidic cell; nucleic acid molecules; terahertz radiation; THz coherent spectroscopy; vibrational signature

Indexed keywords

BIO-AGENT DETECTION; BIOLOGICAL MOLECULE; CONCENTRATION METHOD; CONICAL FEEDHORN; COUPLING STRUCTURES; DNA CRYSTAL; DNA CRYSTALS; GENE ASSAY; HIGH RESOLUTION; LABEL FREE; LIQUID WATER; MOLECULAR DIPOLE MOMENT; NANOFLUIDIC CHANNEL; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHYSIOLOGICAL SOLUTION; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SMALL CONCENTRATION; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; THZ RADIATION; THZ SPECTROSCOPY; VIBRATIONAL MODES; VIBRATIONAL SIGNATURE;

BIOMOLECULES; CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA; FREQUENCY BANDS; GENES; NANOFLUIDICS; RNA; SPECTROMETERS; TERAHERTZ WAVES; TISSUE; WATER ABSORPTION;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84859098968     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.912219     Document Type: Conference Paper

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