Title :
Enhanced x-ray emission from bacteria
Author :
Krishnamurthy, Mahesh ; Mondal, Sudipta ; Lad, A.D. ; Bane, K. ; Ahmed, Shehab ; Narayanan, Vijaykrishnan ; Rajeev, R. ; Chatterjee, G. ; Singh, Praveen Kumar ; Ravindra Kumar, G. ; Kundu, Madhusree ; Ray, Kekwaletswe
Author_Institution :
Tata Inst. of Fundamental Res., Mumbai, India
Abstract :
We show that bacterial coated glass can increase x-ray emission from intense fields by 100 times. We engineer AgCl nanoparticle doped bacteria to further increase x-ray emission and show Anharmonic plasma resonance plays crucial role.
Keywords :
X-ray emission spectra; bio-optics; microorganisms; nanobiotechnology; nanoparticles; plasma X-ray sources; plasma production by laser; silver compounds; AgCl; X-ray emission; anharmonic plasma resonance; bacteria; bacterial coated glass; nanoparticle;
Conference_Titel :
Fiber Optics and Photonics (PHOTONICS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chennai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4718-1
