DocumentCode
411902
Title
THz dielectric properties of sol-gel material for bioencapsulation
Author
Liu, Haibo ; Xu, Jingzhou ; Lee, Moo-Yeal ; Janumpally, Ravi ; Dordick, Jonathan ; Zhang, X.-C.
Author_Institution
Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
6-6 June 2003
Abstract
We measured the extinction coefficient and refractive index (0.2-2.0 THz) of methyltrimethoxysilane (MTMOS) sol-gel, a bio-encapsulating polymer. Its low extinction coefficient makes it a promising matrix material for THz bio-sensing and biological spectroscopy.
Keywords
dielectric properties; encapsulation; extinction coefficients; molecular biophysics; optical polymers; refractive index measurement; sol-gel processing; submillimetre wave spectroscopy; 0.2 to 2.0 THz; THz dielectric properties; bio-encapsulating polymer; bio-sensing; biological spectroscopy; extinction coefficient measurement; matrix material; methyltrimethoxysilane sol-gel; refractive index measurement; sol-gel material; Absorption; Biological materials; Dielectric materials; Dielectric measurements; Extinction coefficients; Frequency; Molecular biophysics; Optical films; Refractive index; Spectroscopy;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-748-2
Type
conf
Filename
1298049
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