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BioOptics Pioneers

“Bio Optics World Magazine Articles, Arjun G. Yodh”
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Brownian Motion of Ellipsoid

“Physicists test 'forgotten' Brownian motion theory”

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Physicists_test_'forgotten'_Brownian_motion_theory

“Physicists track the random walks of ellipsoids, test 'lost' theory of Brownian motion”

http://www.physorg.com/news81094269.html

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/10/061026185204.htm

Random Walks of Ellipsoids
“Experiments finally test the theory put forward by Francis Perrin in the 1930s”

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Random-Walks-of-Ellipsoids-39076.shtml

Melting

“Penn physicists are the witnesses to a meltdown.” By Faye Flam, Philadelphia Inquirer, p. E1, July 11, 2005.

“Premelting on the inside.” By Stuart A. Borman, Chemical & Engineering News, p. 21, vol. 83, July 4, 2005.

“Inside a melting crystal.” By A. Goho, Science News, p. 4, vol. 168, July 2, 2005.

“Freezing and Melting: Action at Grain Boundaries,” by Peter N. Pusey, Science 309, 1198-1199 (2005)

“Premelting within Crystals Provides Solution,” by Mark Telford, Materials Today, Page 9, (September 2005)

GERMAN PUBLIC RADIO INTERVIEW (MP3 file)

Carbon Nanotube Aerogels

“Carbon nanotube aerogels”
By Michael Berger, Copyright 2007 Nanowerk LLC

http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=1619.php

“Materials science: Heavyweight lightweight”

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v445/n7130/full/445798a.html

“Carbon nanotube aerogels”
By Francis Sedgemore

http://skysong.eu/2007/04/carbon-nanotube-aerogels/

Carbon Nanotubes

“Carbon Nanotube Gel”
Number 672 #2, February 2, 2004
by Phil Schewe, James Riordon, and Ben Stein

http://www.aip.org/pnu/2004/split/672-2.html

“Nanotubes gel together for alignment”
Author: Liz Kalaugher

http://nanotechweb.org/articles/news/3/3/2/1

“Surfactant curtails nanotube clumping in water”

http://www.brightsurf.com/news/jan_03/EDU_news_013103_b.html

Fluorescence Diffuse Optical Tomography of Breast Cancer

“Fluorescence Diffuse Optical Tomography Provides High Contrast, 3-D Look At Breast Cancer”

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/74201.php

“Fluorescence diffuse optical tomography provides high contrast, 3-D look at breast cancer”

http://www.physorg.com/printnews.php?newsid=100963857

Photonic Materials

“Building better photonic crystals.” By Robert F. Service, Science, p. 2399, vol. 295, March 29, 2002.

Laser Tweezers for Measurements of Colloidal Interactions

“Bend the rod, spoil the spacing.” By Hank Hogan, Biophotonics International, p. 27, vol. 8, December 2001.

“Scientists grasping the elements of life.” By Faye Flam, Philadelphia Inquirer, p. D1, March 20, 2000.

Diffuse Light for Biomedical Optical Functional Imaging and Spectroscopy

“Diffusion waves and their uses.” By Andreas Mandelis, Physics Today, p. 29, vol. 53, August 2000.

“Scattered light detects cancer.” By Arjun Yodh, Physics World, p. 28, vol. 11, May 1998.

“Play of light opens a new window into the body.” By Gary Taubes, Science, p. 1991, vol. 276, June 27, 1997.

“Spectroscopy and imaging with diffusing light.” By Arjun Yodh and Britton Chance, Physics Today, p. 34, vol. 48, March 1995.

“How to take a ‘visible x-ray.’” By Jeff Hecht, New Scientist, p. 18, December 1992.

“Brightness waves in cloudy liquids.” By Daniel Pendick, Science News, vol. 142, December 5, 1992.

“Finding may lead to the use of light instead of x-rays, in mammography.” By Jerry E. Bishop, Wall Street Journal, p. B4, November 2, 1992.

Diffuse Light for Research on Complex Fluids

“Multiple light scattering illuminates colloid interaction.” By Georg Maret, Physics World, p. 24, vol. 5, May 1992.

Entropy Forces and Self-Assembly in Solutions and Suspensions

“Another face of entropy: particles self-organize to make room for randomness.” By Peter Weiss, Science News, p. 108, vol. 154, August 15, 1998.

“Gentle force of entropy bridges disciplines.” By David Kestenbaum, Science, p. 1849, vol. 279, March 20, 1998.

“Disorderly conduct.” By Hans Christian Von Baeyer The Sciences, p. 15, May-June 1997.

“Entropy keeps small particles on the edge.” By D. Vergano, Science News, p. 182, vol. 150, September 21, 1996.

“Order out of disorder.” By Vanessa Houlder, Financial Times, p. 21, September 19, 1996.

“Getting order out of a mixture.” By Ivars Peterson, Science News, p. 223, vol. 145, April 2, 1994.

MRI Images of Foams

“Probing the interior of a coarsening foam.” By Ivars Peterson, Science News, p. 68, vol. 148, July 29, 1995.

 

   
   
Arjun G. Yodh, James M. Skinner Professor of Science
Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6396
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