Physical Methods in Plant Sciences [Paperback]

LaserDoppler Vibrometer Measurements of Leaves.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Materials and Methods.- 2.1 Laser-Doppler-Vibrometer Scanning System.- 2.2 Specific Materials.- 3 Two Simple Models for Vibrating Leaf Tissue.- 3.1 Clamped, Isotropic Membranes.- 3.2 Clamped, Isotropic Plates.- 4 Experiments and Results with Clamped Leaves.- 4.1 Point Measurements of the Vibration Velocity with LDV.- 4.2 Optical Scanning over the Surface with LDV-Scanning.- 5 Experiments and Results with Free Hanging Leaves.- 5.1 Point Measurements of the Vibration Velocity with LDV.- 5.2 Optical Scanning over the Surface with LD-Interferometry and LDV-Scanning.- 6 Discussion.- 6.1 Sound-Induced Vibrations of Leaves.- 6.2 The Usefulness of LDV and LDV-Scanning.- References.- Triplet States in Photosynthesis: Linear Dichroic Optical Difference Spectra via Magnetic Resonance.- 1 Why Triplet States Are of Interest.- 1.1 Some Physics.- 1.2 Magnetic Resonance.- 1.3 Optical Detection of Magnetic Resonance, ODMR.- 1.4 Instrumentation.- 2 Information Obtainable from ODMR Spectroscopy.- 2.1 Determination of Zero Field Splitting Parameters, Sublevel Population Probabilities and Decay Rates.- 2.2 Spectral Information: Microwave-Induced Phosphorescence, Fluorescence and Absorbance Spectra.- 2.3 Triplet-Minus-Singlet (T-S) Absorbance Difference Spectra.- 2.4 Linear Dichroic T-S Spectroscopy.- 2.5 Instrumentation for LD-(T-S) Spectroscopy.- 3 Applications of ODMR in Photosynthesis.- 3.1 FDMR Spectroscopy.- 3.2 ADMR Spectroscopy of Reaction Centers.- 3.2.1 T-S Spectra of Bacterial Reaction Centers.- 3.2.2 T-S Spectra of Plant Reaction Centers.- 3.2.3 Linear Dichroic T-S Spectroscopy.- 3.3 Spectral Simulations with Exciton Theory.- 4 Conclusions and Prospects.- References.- Laser Physical Methods: Laser Microprobe Mass Spectrometry.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Historical Survey.- 3 Instrumentation.- 3.1 LAMMA 500.- 3.2 LAMMA 1000.- 3.3 LIMA and LIMA-SIMS.- 4 Specimen Preparation.- 5 Features of the Instrument.- 5.1 Advantl“8