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Chemical Society Reviews

Terahertz spectroscopy: a powerful new tool for the chemical sciences?

Alexander I. McIntosh,ab   Bin Yang,a   Stephen M. Goldup,b   Michael Watkinsonb  and  Robert S. Donnan*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Queen Mary University of London, School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Mile End Road, London, UK
E-mail: robert.donnan@eecs.qmul.ac.uk

b Queen Mary University of London, School of Biological & Chemical Sciences, Joseph Priestley Building, Mile End Road, London, UK

Abstract

Terahertz spectroscopy is only now beginning to make its transition from initial development by physicists and engineers to broader use by chemists, materials scientists and biologists, thanks to the increasing availability of commercial terahertz spectrometers. With the unique insights that terahertz spectroscopy can provide into intermolecular bonding and crystalline matter, it could prove to be an invaluable addition to the chemist's analytical toolset. This tutorial review aims to give an introduction to terahertz spectroscopy, its techniques, equipment, current applications and potential for the chemical sciences to a broad readership.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CS15277G
Article type
Tutorial Review
Submitted
06 Oct 2011
First published
05 Dec 2011

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012,41, 2072-2082

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Terahertz spectroscopy: a powerful new tool for the chemical sciences?

A. I. McIntosh, B. Yang, S. M. Goldup, M. Watkinson and R. S. Donnan, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, 41, 2072 DOI: 10.1039/C1CS15277G

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