Numéro
J. Phys. IV France
Volume 04, Numéro C7, Juillet 1994
8th International Topical Meeting on Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena
8 ITMP3 / 8éme conférence internationale de photoacoustique et photothermique
Page(s) C7-337 - C7-344
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:1994780
8th International Topical Meeting on Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena
8 ITMP3 / 8éme conférence internationale de photoacoustique et photothermique

J. Phys. IV France 04 (1994) C7-337-C7-344

DOI: 10.1051/jp4:1994780

Photoacoustic molecular spectroscopy and chemical characterization

R.A. Palmer and Y. Jiang

Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Box 90346, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0346, U.S.A.


Abstract
Applications of photoacoustic/photothermal (PA/PT) detection to molecular spectroscopy are reviewed with special emphasis on the use of step-scan Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) PA spectroscopy for chemical analysis and for spectral depth profiling of laminar and other heterogeneous materials, particularly by use of the phase of the PA signal. Examples are drawn from recent work in our laboratory, as well as from the work of others, as appropriate.



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