Abstract

Recent advances in the instrumentation and methodology of IR spectrometry have facilitated the development of polarized FT-IR microscopic spectrometry. This novel analytical technique can provide the structural information that otherwise would have been available only from other analytical principles. In the present study, we have applied polarized FT-IR microscopic spectrometry in order to detect the orientated arrangement of calcium carbonate crystals in the protein matrix of the bivalve hinge-ligament of the surf clam.

Two-dimensional amorphous photonic structure in the ligament of bivalve Lutraria maximum

Gang Sheng Zhang and Zeng Qiong Huang
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Recent applications of FT-IR spectroscopy to polymer systems

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Polarization induced contrast X-ray fluorescence at submicrometer resolution reveals nanometer apatite crystal orientations across entire tooth sections

Bernhard Hesse, Deborah Stier, Marine Cotte, Jean-Baptiste Forien, and Paul Zaslansky
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Stable UV to IR supercontinuum generation in calcium fluoride with conserved circular polarization states

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Assessment of crystal quality and unit cell orientation in epitaxial Cu₂ZnSnSe₄ layers using polarized Raman scattering

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