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Photoacoustic Spectroscopy and its Application in Plant Science
Author(s) -
Buschmann C.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
botanica acta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.871
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1438-8677
pISSN - 0932-8629
DOI - 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1990.tb00119.x
Subject(s) - photoacoustic spectroscopy , spectroscopy , photosynthesis , photoacoustic imaging in biomedicine , radiative transfer , imaging spectroscopy , chemistry , environmental science , materials science , analytical chemistry (journal) , optics , physics , environmental chemistry , biochemistry , quantum mechanics
The principles of photoacoustic spectroscopy are outlined. This new and still developing technique enables one to detect non‐radiative de‐excitation processes. It is possible to distinguish between signals emenating from different depths of the sample. In plant science photoacoustic spectroscopy has mainly been applied in photosynthesis research. Here it allows the detection of gross oxygen evolution and gives information about the energy balance of the primary photosynthetic reaction.