Nanoscale infrared spectroscopy as a non-destructive probe of extraterrestrial samples

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages 5445-

  Dominguez, Gerardo ^a,b   McLeod, A S ^b   Gainsforth, Zack ^c   Kelly, P ^b   Bechtel, Hans A ^d   Keilmann, Fritz ^e   Westphal, Andrew ^c   Thiemens, Mark ^b   Basov, D N ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL;

COMET; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METEORITE; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; PROBE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DISPERSION; DUST; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOIMAGING; NANOPROBE; NANOSCALE INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84923233601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6445     Document Type: Article

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