Biomimicry has become a key player in researching new materials for a whole range of applications. In this study, we have taken a crude extract from the red algae containing mycosporine-like amino acids - a photoprotective family of molecules. We have applied the crude extract onto a surface to assess if photoprotection, and more broadly, light-to-heat conversion, is retained; we found it is.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecently, finite rate of innovation methods have been successfully applied to achieve low sampling rates in many areas, such as for ultrasound and radio signals. However, to the best of our knowledge, there are no journal publications applying this to real terahertz signals. In this work, we mathematically describe a finite rate of innovation method applied specifically to terahertz signals both experimentally and in simulation.
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