Biophotonics: a marriage of sciences
Girkin, J.M. (2002) Biophotonics: a marriage of sciences. Global Watch, 4. p. 14. ISSN 1931-8014
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Abstract
Biophotonics denotes a combination of biology and photonics, with photonics being the science and technology of generation, manipulation, and detection of photons, quantum units of light. Photonics is related to electronics in that it is believed that photons will play a similar central role in future information technology as electrons do today. Biophotonics has therefore become the established general term for all techniques that deal with the interaction between biological items and photons. This refers to emission, detection, absorption, reflection, modification, and creation of radiation from biomolecular, cells, tissues, organisms and biomaterials. Areas of application are life science, medicine, agriculture, and environmental science.
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Item type: Article ID code: 5298 Dates: DateEvent2002PublishedSubjects: Science > Physics > Optics. Light Department: Faculty of Science > Physics > Institute of Photonics Depositing user: Strathprints Administrator Date deposited: 04 Feb 2008 Last modified: 11 Nov 2024 08:38 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/5298