Hoekstra / Maltsev / Videen Optics of Biological Particles

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-4020-5502-7
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 238, 284 Seiten

Reihe: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

The optics of biological particles is of great relevance to detect and characterize biological material, such as bacteria, marine particles, or blood cells. Many remote sensing detectors for biological cells exploit single scattering, depolarization, or fluorescence signals. The growing knowledge on the optics of biological particles is therefore of ever increasing relevance in such diverse fields as microbiology, cytology, biomedicine, biophysics, astrobiology, etc. This book covers the optics of single biological particles, both theory and experiment, with emphasis on Elastic Light Scattering and Fluorescence. It deals with the optics of bacteria (bio-aerosols), marine particles (selected phytoplankton communities) and red and white blood cells. Moreover, there are dedicated chapters on a general theory for scattering by a cell, and modelling and simulation of scattering by inhomogeneous biological cells. Finally, one chapter is dedicated to astro-biological signatures, discussing the possibilities for detecting non-terrestrial biological material. The volume has up-to-date discussions on new experimental and numerical techniques, and many examples of applications of these techniques in real-life systems, as used to detect and characterize e.g. biological warfare agents or human blood cells. Optics of Biological Particles is the result of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop that was held in October 2005 in Novosibirsk, Russian Federation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hoekstra, Alfons

Maltsev, Valeri

Videen, Gorden

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Experimentalphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Angewandte Biologie Biophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Optik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Elektrizität, Elektrodynamik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Quantenoptik, Nichtlineare Optik, Laserphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemische Immunologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Angewandte Optik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Biophysik

Über Autor(innen)

Alfons Hoekstra, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands / Valeri Maltsev, Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, Novosibirsk, Russia / Gorden Videen, Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD, USA, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands