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Terahertz Microfluidic Sensing Using a Parallel-plate Waveguide Sensor
Published on: August 30, 2012
Terahertz (far-infrared) characterization of tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane using high-resolution waveguide THz-TDS
S Sree Harsha1, D Grischkowsky
1School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA.
Abstract:
Waveguide THz-TDS using metal parallel plate waveguides is employed to obtain a high-resolution terahertz vibrational spectrum of tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane, commonly known as Tris or THAM, an important biological buffer component, a neuroinhibitor and an organic thermal energy-storing molecule. Dropcast and sublimated thin films are used to characterize the sample. The development (with cooling) of 3 broad resonances seen at room temperature into 12 highly resolved spectral features for the dropcast sample and 11 features for a sublimated sample at 13.6 K is tracked by measuring the temperature dependence of the transmission spectrum. Resonances with fwhm linewidths as narrow as 12 GHz are obtained. These results provide strong constraints on theoretical modeling.
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