Characterization of spectra of lignin from midribs of tobacco at THz frequencies

Frontiers of Optoelectronics in China

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 244-247

  Su, Tongfu ^a   Yu, Bin ^b   Han, Pengyu ^c   Zhao, Guozhong ^b   Gong, Changrong ^a  

^a HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

lignin; midribs of tobacco; scanning electron microscope (SEM); terahertz (THz) spectroscopy; X ray microanalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873509524     PISSN: 16744128     EISSN: 16744594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12200-009-0052-6     Document Type: Article

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