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Synchrotron Is Ideal Source for IR Microscopy

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Kevin Robinson

Mid-infrared light is immensely useful to biological studies because it offers a direct probe into the vibrational modes of the chemical bonds that hold atoms together. While intense sources of mid-IR radiation improve the resolution, they can produce a great deal of heat, which can kill living cells. Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have shown that the mid-IR radiation from a synchrotron does not overheat biological samples, opening the door to using it in mid-IR Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy. In addition, the source can be focused into a very bright...Read full article

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