INFRARED MICROSPECTROSCOPY IN BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Infrared microspectroscopy in biological research.

Single Cancer Cell Detection by Near Infrared Microspectroscopy, Infrared Chemical Imaging and Fluorescence Microspectroscopy

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Mid-Infrared Transmission and Reflection Microspectroscopy: Analysis of a Novel Biological Imaging System: The Snake Infrared-Imaging Pit Organ

P it vipers (e.g., rattlesnakes), boas, and pythons possess facial pit organs that are part of unique infrared imaging sensors not found in any other living species. Pit organs allow these snakes to detect thermal contrast in the environment and to form spatial images of their thermal environments within infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum (1) (Figure 1). The infrared imaging syste...

Mid-infrared Microspectroscopy of Difficult Samples Using Near-Field Photothermal Microspectroscopy

www.spectroscopyonl ine.com espite recent advances in Fourier transform-infrared (FT-IR) microspectroscopy and micro-attenuated total reflectance (ATR), for many types of samples there remains a need for even higher spatial resolution, or for a nondestructive method of recording localized mid-IR spectra from asreceived samples without the risk of damage or alteration by preparation techniques. ...

Near- and mid-infrared microspectroscopy of the Ronda peridotite

[1] Microspectroscopy is a potentially useful tool for planetary applications, as individual mineral grains can be targeted and measured in situ. A series of closely coupled experiments was designed to investigate and compare the laboratory measurement of optical properties of a peridotite sample in the macroscale and microscale. The Ronda peridotite consists largely of olivine with significant...