Photothermal and photoacoustic session

   The purpose of this Session is to bring together scientists, technology developers and technology users who are investigating or exploiting optically and electromagnetically excited acoustical, thermal and other diffusion-mediated phenomena for the investigation of a large variety of material properties and applications. The many photoacoustic, photothermal and diffusion-wave (PA/PT/DW) topics indicate that this field has developed a broad range of tools for fundamental and applied research.  At the present, it is safe to say that PA/PT/DW research has reached a mature state, with an established position in measurement technology, non-destructive evaluation and materials characterization. 

   This Session aims to attract everyone who wants to present recent work in this field or related fields. This Session also wants to offer an excellent opportunity for physicists, chemists, engineers, physicians and technology end users, who are less familiar with the field to discover the strengths of photothermal, photoacoustic and general diffusion-wave methodologies for probing material properties and studying phenomena in circumstances where many other techniques fail.

The Chair and Organizer of this Session is Prof. Andreas Mandelis  from University of Toronto, Canada who can be contacted at:  

mandelis@mie.utoronto.ca

Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Diffusion-Wave Sciences and
Technologies Director, Center for Advanced Diffusion-Wave Technologies
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Department of
Electrical & Computer Engineering Institute of Biomaterials and
Biomedical Engineering University of Toronto
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CANADA

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