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Optical properties

  • Optical constants of silica between 30 nm and 1,000 microns near room temperature.

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  • Optical constants of soda lime silicate glass between 310 nm and 4.6 microns near room temperature.

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  • Optical constants of liquid water at 25 °C and atmospheric pressure between 200 nm and 200 microns.

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Thermal conductivity of highly ordered mesoporous materials

  • Thermal conductivity of highly ordered mesoporous silica thin films at 300 K.

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  • Thermal conductivity of pure silica MEL and MFI zeolite thin films at 300 K.

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  • Thermal conductivity of highly ordered mesoporous titania thin films at 300 K.

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Thermal properties of phase change materials

  • Thermophysical properties of commercially available phase change materials near room temperature.

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  • Microstructures used to compute the effective elastic moduli of core–shell–matrix composites (2016).

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Radiation characteristics of microalgae

For CO₂ fixation, biofuel, and hydrogen production.

Pigment specific absorption coefficients

  • In vivo specific absorption coefficients of microalgae pigments, including chlorophylls a, b, and c, photosynthetic and photoprotective carotenoids, phycoerythrobilin, and phycourobilin.

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Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Rhodobacter sphaeroides

  • Absorption and scattering cross-sections of Rhodobacter sphaeroides between 300 and 1300 nm and scattering phase function at 633 nm.

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Anabaena variabilis

Anabaena variabilis

  • Absorption and scattering cross-sections of Anabaena variabilis between 300 and 1300 nm and scattering phase function at 633 nm.

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Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

  • Absorption and scattering cross-sections of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and its truncated chlorophyll antenna transformants tla1, tlaX, and tla1-CW+ between 300 and 1300 nm and scattering phase function at 633 nm.

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  • Complex index of refraction of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and its truncated chlorophyll antenna transformants tla1, tlaX, and tla1-CW+ between 400 and 750 nm.

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Botryococcus braunii

Botryococcus braunii

  • Absorption and scattering cross-sections of Botryococcus braunii between 300 and 800 nm and scattering phase function at 633 nm.

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  • Complex index of refraction of Botryococcus braunii between 400 and 750 nm.

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Chlorella sp.

Chlorella sp.

  • Absorption and scattering cross-sections of Chlorella sp. between 300 and 800 nm and scattering phase function at 633 nm.

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  • Complex index of refraction of Chlorella sp. between 400 and 750 nm.

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Chlorococcum littorale

Chlorococcum littorale

  • Absorption and scattering cross-sections of Chlorococcum littorale between 300 and 800 nm and scattering phase function at 633 nm.

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  • Complex index of refraction of Chlorococcum littorale between 400 and 750 nm.

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Eukaryotic microalgae cell compartments

Eukaryotic microalgae cell compartments

  • Coordinates of the cell compartments used to test whether eukaryotic cells can be treated as optically homogeneous spheres (2016).

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Measured and predicted cross-sections

  • Experimentally and theoretically determined radiation characteristics of photosynthetic microorganisms (2016).

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Computer codes

  • Lorenz–Mie theory for spheres.

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  • Simple and accurate expressions for the diffuse reflectance of semi-infinite and two-layer absorbing and anisotropically scattering media exposed to normal and collimated light.

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  • Spreadsheet for retrieving the spectral absorption cross-section of particles and microorganisms in suspension from normal–hemispherical reflectance and transmittance.

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