Progress in Photothermal and Photoacoustic Science and Technology, Volume III: Life and Earth Sciences (SPIE Press Monograph Vol. PM41)

by Andreas Mandelis

This volume examines progress in the fields of life and earth sciences. It opens with a historical overview and goes on to describe the evolution of PPST authority and the evolution of PPST into a growing arsenal of interwoven diagnostic principles, tools, and techniques.
- Historical Perspective
- The Photoacoustic Effect in Photosynthesis
- Time-Resolved Photothermal Studies with Biological Supramolecular Systems
- Applications in Plant Physiology, Entomology and Microbiology; Gas Exchange Measurements Based upon Spectral Selectivity
- Applications of Photoacoustic and Photothermal Non-Contact Methods in Selected Areas of Environmental and Agricultural Sciences
- Applications of Photothermal Calorimetry in Agriculture, Medicine and Environmental Sciences
- Pulsed Laser Resonant Photoacoustics/Applications to Trace Gas Analysis
- Detection of Pollutants in Liquids and Gases
- Photoacoustic Spectroscopy of Atmospheric Techniques, Results and Applications
- Optoacoustics of Oceans
- Pulsed Photothermal Radiometry of Inhomogeneous Tissue
- Detection of Pollutants in Liquids and Gases
- Photoacoustic Spectroscopy of Atmospheric Techniques, Results and Applications
- Optoacoustics of Oceans
- Pulsed Photothermal Radiometry of Inhomogenous Tissue
- Author Biographies and Photographs
- Acknowledgments
- Index

476 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1996