Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy and imaging of artificial RNA

Bernd M. Fischer, Matthias Hoffmann, Hanspeter Helm, Rafal Wilk, Frank Rutz, Thomas Kleine-Ostermann, Martin Koch, Peter Uhd Jepsen

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    Abstract

    We use terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) to measure the far-infrared dielectric function of two artificial RNA single strands, composed of polyadenylic acid (poly-A) and polycytidylic acid (poly-C). We find a significant difference in the absorption between the two types of RNA strands, and we show that we can use this difference to record images of spot arrays of the RNA strands. Under controlled conditions it is possible to use the THz image to distinguish between the two RNA strands. We discuss the requirements to sample preparation imposed by the lack of sharp spectral features in the absorption spectra.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalOptics Express
    Volume13
    Issue number14
    Pages (from-to)5205-1215
    ISSN1094-4087
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2005

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