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Investgation of Molecular by Terahertz Spectroscopy

A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Inorganic Crystalline Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2021) | Viewed by 7722

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Prof. Dr. Seung Jae Oh

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YUMS-KRIBB Medical Convergence Research Institute, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-752, Republic of Korea
Interests: terahertz biomedical imaging; femtosecond laser biomedical optics
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Dear Colleagues,

Terahertz spectroscopy has been regarded as a powerful technique to investigate molecular dynamics. Terahertz frequency, whose energy level is in the region of meV and several tens of cm of wavenumbers, lies between the microwave and the infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. This frequency region covers molecular collective motion energies such as rotational, translational, and vibrational motions, as well as hydrogen bond energy. Particularly, the hydration dynamics of molecules has been investigated using THz frequency because the weak binding energy of water is in this frequency region. Thus, it is very useful when it comes to studying the phenomenon of binding biomolecules to water. Based on the nature of terahertz, lots of spectroscopy studies have been carried out in polymer, crystals, biochemical materials, food, aqueous materials, and semiconductors.

We invite researchers to contribute to this Special Issue on the Investigation of Molecules via Terahertz Spectroscopy, which is intended to serve as a unique multidisciplinary forum covering broad aspects of science, technology, and the application of spectroscopy studies of molecules using terahertz frequency waves.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

- Terahertz spectroscopy technology

- Terahertz spectroscopic imaging

- Polymer

- Biochemical materials

- Food chemical

- Aqueous materials

- Water dynamics

- Semiconductor

Prof. Dr. Seung Jae Oh
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Terahertz spectroscopy technology
  • Terahertz spectroscopic imaging
  • Biochemical
  • materials
  • Food chemical
  • Polymer
  • Semiconductor
  • Aqueous material
  • Water

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Characterization of Proton-Irradiated Polyaniline Nanoparticles Using Terahertz Thermal Spectroscopy
by Seung Jae Oh, Yoochan Hong, Ki-Young Jeong, Inhee Maeng, Jin-Suck Suh, Jaemoon Yang and Yong-Min Huh
Crystals 2021, 11(7), 765; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11070765 - 30 Jun 2021
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In this study, we investigated the changes in the molecular structure of polyaniline (PANI) nanoparticles illuminated by a proton beam using terahertz (THz) thermal spectroscopy based on the terahertz time-domain spectroscopy technique. PANI nanoparticles in water were exposed to a proton beam of [...] Read more.
In this study, we investigated the changes in the molecular structure of polyaniline (PANI) nanoparticles illuminated by a proton beam using terahertz (THz) thermal spectroscopy based on the terahertz time-domain spectroscopy technique. PANI nanoparticles in water were exposed to a proton beam of 35 MeV energy with a particle fluence of 1013 particles/cm2. The photothermal properties of this solution of PANI nanoparticles were characterized using THz thermal spectroscopy. We measured the changes in the amplitudes of the reflected THz pulses to identify the variations in temperature induced by the photothermal effects of the PANI nanoparticle solution. The amplitude of a reflected THz pulse of the PANI solution not exposed to the proton beam increased when illuminated by an infrared light source, whereas that of THz signals of the PANI solution exposed to the proton beam hardly exhibited any changes. This implies that the molecular structure of PANI nanoparticles can be varied by a proton beam with a particle fluence above 1013 particles/cm2. Full article
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Measuring Complex Refractive Indices of a Nanometer-Thick Superconducting Film Using Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy with a 10 Femtoseconds Pulse Laser
by Hyoung-Taek Lee, Gang-Seon Ji, Jun-Yung Oh, Choong-Won Seo, Byeong-Won Kang, Kyung-Wan Kim and Hyeong-Ryeol Park
Crystals 2021, 11(6), 651; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11060651 - 08 Jun 2021
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Superconducting thin films are widely applied in various fields, including switching devices, because of their phase transition behaviors in relation to temperature changes. Therefore, it is important to quantitatively determine the optical constant of a superconducting material in the thin-film state. We performed [...] Read more.
Superconducting thin films are widely applied in various fields, including switching devices, because of their phase transition behaviors in relation to temperature changes. Therefore, it is important to quantitatively determine the optical constant of a superconducting material in the thin-film state. We performed a terahertz time-domain spectroscopy, based on a 10 femtoseconds pulse laser, to measure the optical constant of a superconducting GdBa2Cu3O7−x (GdBCO) thin film in the terahertz region. We then estimated the terahertz refractive indices of the 70 nm-thick GdBCO film using a numerical extraction process, even though the film thickness was approximately 1/10,000 times smaller than the terahertz wavelength range of 200 μm to 1 mm. The resulting refractive indices of the GdBCO thin film were consistent with the theoretical results using the two-fluid model. Our work will help to further understand the terahertz optical properties of superconducting thin films with thicknesses under 100 nm, as well as provide a standard platform for characterizing the optical properties of thin films without the need of Kramers–Kronig transformation at the terahertz frequencies. Full article
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Terahertz Emission and Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics of Ar-Ion Implanted Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Thin Films
by Chul Kang, Gyuseok Lee, Woo-Jung Lee, Dae-Hyung Cho, Inhee Maeng, Yong-Duck Chung and Chul-Sik Kee
Crystals 2021, 11(4), 411; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11040411 - 12 Apr 2021
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We investigated THz emission from Ar-ion-implanted Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) films. THz radiation from the CIGS films increases as the density of implanted Ar ions increases. This is because Ar ions contribute to an increase in the surface surge current density. The effect of [...] Read more.
We investigated THz emission from Ar-ion-implanted Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) films. THz radiation from the CIGS films increases as the density of implanted Ar ions increases. This is because Ar ions contribute to an increase in the surface surge current density. The effect of Ar-ion implantation on the carrier dynamics of CIGS films was also investigated using optical pump THz probe spectroscopy. The fitted results imply that implanted Ar ions increase the charge transition of intra-and carrier–carrier scattering lifetimes and decrease the bandgap transition lifetime. Full article
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