|Articles|February 1, 2004

Mid-infrared Microspectroscopy of Difficult Samples Using Near-Field Photothermal Microspectroscopy (PTMS) [PDF]

Author(s)Dave B. Grandy, Hubert M. Pollack, Neil J. Everall

The authors discuss progress in near-field IR microspectroscopy using a photothermal probe and show how it can be applied to the spectroscopic characterization of real-world samples.

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