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Laser Doppler Microscopy: Especially as a Method for Studying Brownian Motion and Flow in the Sieve Tubes of Plants

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The Application of Laser Light Scattering to the Study of Biological Motion

Part of the book series: NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series ((NSSA,volume 59))

Abstract

Laser Doppler velocimetry and photon correlation spectroscopy are well established as methods for measuring the flow and diffusion of particles in fluids. The diameters of the laser beams used are usually too wide to be placed precisely within plant or animal cells, capillaries, or other specimens of interest to biologists. Several groups of workers have described laser Doppler microscopes, either with crossed beams or with single beams. These instruments allow scattered laser light to be detected from volumes with diameters of 10 pm or less and enable the scattering volume to be seen and placed accurately in specimens viewed at high magnification. Some designs and principles of laser Doppler microscopes are discussed, especially of a single beam instrument and its application to the study of Brownian motion and flow in sieve tubes, the food transport channels in higher plants.

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Johnson, R.P.C. (1983). Laser Doppler Microscopy: Especially as a Method for Studying Brownian Motion and Flow in the Sieve Tubes of Plants. In: Earnshaw, J.C., Steer, M.W. (eds) The Application of Laser Light Scattering to the Study of Biological Motion. NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series, vol 59. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4487-2_9

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