Detection of dinoflagellates by the light scattering properties of the chiral structure of their chromosomes

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 131, Issue , 2013, Pages 24-33

  Liu, Jianping ^a   Kattawar, George W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome; Dinoflagellate; Helical structure; Light scattering; Mueller matrix; Nucleus; Plywood cholesteric model

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE; DISCRETE DIPOLE APPROXIMATION; HELICAL STRUCTURES; LIQUID CRYSTAL MODEL; MUELLER MATRIX; MUELLER MATRIX ELEMENTS; NUCLEUS; RIGHT CIRCULARLY POLARIZED;

BACKSCATTERING; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PLYWOOD; SIGNAL DETECTION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CHROMOSOMES;

BORN APPROXIMATION; CHROMOSOME; DINOFLAGELLATE; LIGHT SCATTERING;

DINOPHYCEAE; KARENIA BREVIS;

EID: 84886640597     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2013.02.012     Document Type: Article

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