Sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy: A sensitive technique for the study of biological molecules at interfaces

Surface Analysis and Techniques in Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 195-224

  Boughton, Andrew P ^a   Chen, Zhan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMOLECULES; INTERFEROMETRY; MOLECULES; PROTEINS;

BIOLOGICAL MOLECULE; INTERFACIAL MOLECULES; MOLECULAR ORDERING; ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTIONS; PROTEIN STRUCTURES; SENSITIVE TECHNIQUES; SUM FREQUENCY GENERATION VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPIES; VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES;

VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84925522876     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-01360-2_8     Document Type: Chapter

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