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After a brief introduction to the field of light-responsive materials, this paper provides a general theory for modeling the photomechanical response of a material, applies it to the two best-known mechanisms of photothermal heating and…
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Photothermal spectroscopy and microscopy provides a route to measure the spectral and spatial properties of individual nanoscopic absorbers, independent from scattering, extinction, and emission. The approach relies upon use of two light…
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