Title :
Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy of protein single crystals
Author :
Tych, Kataryzna M. ; Burnett, Andrew D. ; Wood, Christopher D. ; Cunningham, John E. ; Pearson, Arwen R. ; Linfield, Edmund H. ; Davies, A. Giles
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Abstract :
Broadband time-domain spectroscopy has been used to measure the terahertz frequency absorption of single crystal proteins. A dehydration study of tetragonal hen egg-white lysozyme is presented as a proof of concept.
Keywords :
biological techniques; crystals; enzymes; molecular biophysics; terahertz wave spectra; boadband time domain spectroscopy; dehydration study; protein single crystals; terahertz frequency absorption; tetragonal hen egg white lysozyme; trahertz time domain spectroscopy; Absorption; Broadband communication; Crystals; Physics; Proteins; Spectroscopy; Time domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2010 35th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6655-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5612707
