The power of VNA-driven quasi-optics to sense group molecular action in condensed phase systems

Author

Donnan, Rob ; Tian, Kun Viviana ; Bin Yang ; Chass, Gregory A.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Queen Mary, Univ. of London, London, UK

fYear

2014

fDate

8-10 Dec. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

The versatility for quasi-optical circuits, driven by modern vector network analysers, is demonstrated for the purpose of low energy (meV) coherent spectroscopy. One such example is shown applied to the curing dynamics of a non-mercury-based dental cement. This highlights the special place the methodology holds as a `soft-probe´ to reveal the time-resolved energetics of condensed phased systems as they self-organise to adopt their low energy state.

Keywords

bioceramics; biochemistry; chemical sensors; curing; dentistry; molecular biophysics; optical sensors; self-assembly; time resolved spectra; VNA-driven quasioptical circuits; condensed phase systems; low energy coherent spectroscopy; molecular action sensing; nonmercury-based dental cement curing dynamics; self-organization; time-resolved energetics; vector network analysers; Dentistry; Educational institutions; Glass; Permittivity; Plastics; Spectroscopy; Vectors; Quasi-optical; time-resolved spectroscopy; vector network analyser;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

RF and Wireless Technologies for Biomedical and Healthcare Applications (IMWS-Bio), 2014 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on

Conference_Location

London

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5445-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMWS-BIO.2014.7032416

Filename

7032416