Photoacoustic effect : principles and applications : proceedings of the First International Conference on the Photoacoustic Effect in Germany, held on February 23-26, 1981 in Bad Honnef (FRG)

Front Matter....Pages I-X Photoacoustic Effect in Condensed Matter — Historical Development....Pages 1-20 Opto-Acoustic Spectroscopy — A Tool for the Study of Optical Spectra of Very Transparent Materials....Pages 21-39 Thermodynamic Models of the Photoacoustic Effect....Pages 40-51 Frequency Dependent Photoacoustic Spectroscopy of Condensed Matter....Pages 52-79 Photoacoustic Spectroscopies....Pages 80-93 Comparison between Photoacoustic and Other Spectroscopies....Pages 94-107 Generation of Acoustic Waves in Liquids by Pulsed Lasers....Pages 108-114 Piezoelectric Detection in Photoacoustic Spectroscopy. Theory and Application....Pages 115-128 Photothermal Radiometry....Pages 129-138 Applications of Resonant Photoacoustic Spectroscopy....Pages 139-146 Photoacoustic Fourier Transform Spectroscopy for the Visible and the Near Infrared....Pages 147-153 Photoacoustic Spectra of Biliverdin Dimethyl Ester....Pages 154-162 Quantitative Photoacoustic Spectroscopy of Phenolred Potassium Salt in Polyvinalalcohol....Pages 163-171 In Situ Photoacoustic Spectroscopy of Copper Electrodes in Solution....Pages 172-178 Optoacoustic Relaxation of Periodically Irradiated Solutions....Pages 179-179 Photoacoustic Analysis of Chemical Reactions: H-D Exchange in the System H 2 S-D 2 S....Pages 180-187 PA-Method Monitors Exhaust Gas Concentrations....Pages 188-194 Application of PAS on the Local and Spectral Identification of Adsorbed Molecules....Pages 195-202 Optical Absorption Coefficient and Thermal Properties of Liquids,Measured by Photoacoustic Spectroscopy....Pages 203-210 The Photoacoustic Effect at Phase Transitions....Pages 211-241 Photocalorimetric Investigations of Energy Conversion Processes Using Photoacoustic Detection....Pages 242-270 Relative Efficiency of Flat Plate Solar Collectors by Transmission Photoacoustics; Importance of Plate Vibrations in Signal Generation....Pages 271-288 The Photocycles of Bacteriorhodopsin in Buffered Aqueous Suspension Studied at Low Temperatures by Means of Photoacoustic Spectroscopy....Pages 289-300 Photochemistry of Adsorbed Thioindigo Dyes....Pages 301-307 Photoisomerisation of DODCI Studied by Photoacoustic Spectroscopy....Pages 308-317 Optoacoustic and Photothermal Imaging and Microscopy....Pages 319-331 EPR of CuSO 4 ·5H 2 O and Fe(III)-TPP Detected by the Photoacoustic Effect....Pages 333-339 Acoustic Detection of Magnetic Resonance....Pages 340-346 Applications of the Photoacoustic Effect to Ferromagnetic Resonance and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance....Pages 347-374 Instrumentation for Photoacoustic Spectroscopy and Calorimetry of Liquids and Solids....Pages 375-411 Photoacoustic Cell for Low Temperature PAS....Pages 412-419 Photoacoustic Cells for Measurements at Various Temperatures and Pressures....Pages 420-430 Self-Supporting Carbon Glass Films: A PAS Reference Sample....Pages 431-437 A Photoacoustic Demonstration Experiment: Cheap and Easy....Pages 438-442