Light scattering methods can provide information about the native molecular weight, oligomeric composition, and gross conformation of a protein in solution. These methods are particularly well suited for studying large oligomeric systems or glycoproteins and can be used to characterize much larger structures involving protein such as viruses and even bacterial spores. This overview discusses th...

The polarization and intensity of light scattered by monodisperse polystyrene latex and copper spheres, with diameters ranging from 92 to 218 nm, deposited on silicon substrates were measured with 442-, 532-, and 633-nm light. The results are compared with a theory for scattering by a sphere on a surface, originally developed by others [PhysicaA 137,209 (1986)], and extended to include coatings...

We investigate anisotropic light propagation in paper using both a theoretical model and experiments. The theoretical model utilizes the Monte Carlo method to solve the photon transport equation numerically. It is assumed that wood fibres are represented by infinitely long, homogeneous and straight cylinders. The layer-like microstructure and anisotropic orientation of the fibres is considered ...

Fluorescence spectroscopy has shown promise for the detection of precancerous changes in vivo. The epithelial and stromal layers of tissue have very different optical properties; the albedo is relatively low in the epithelium and approaches one in the stroma. As precancer develops, the optical properties of the epithelium and stroma are altered in markedly different ways: epithelial scattering ...

in this study, the nonlinear optical properties and optical limiting performance of the silver nanoparticles (agnps) in distilled water are investigated. the nonlinear absorption coefficient of the colloid is measured by the z-scan technique. the optical limiting behavior of the agnp suspension is investigated under exposure to nanosecond laser pulses at 532 nm. the results show that nonlinear ...

Hollow hemispherical titanium dioxide (TiO2) aggregates (HHTAs) consisting of P25 TiO2 nanocrystallites were prepared by a coaxial electrospray method and applied to dyesensitized solar cells (DSCs). Although the photoelectrode film constructed with HHTAs possesses an internal surface area lower than that of one with dispersed P25 TiO2 nanocrystallites and thus achieves less dye adsorption, it ...

PREFACE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 2.0 BASIC CONCEPTS 2. I ECHO SIGNAL SINGLE TARGET 2.2 ECHO SIGNAL MULTIPLE TARGETS 2.3 CORRELATION 2.4 TIME AVERAGING 3.0 ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION 3.1 THICK SCATTERING LAYER 3.2 ENVELOPE SAMPLING 3.3 ENVELOPE INTEGRATION 3.4 THIN SCATTERING LAYER 3.5 VARIANCE ERROR THICK SCATTERING LAYER 3.6 VARIANCE ERROR THIN SCATTERING LAYER 4.0 SUMMARY 5.0 CONCLUSION APPENDIX A DISTRIBU...