Author:Singh, A; Karsten, AE; Mputle, I; Chetty, A; Naidoo, KerschDate:Jul 2009Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) that is PNIPAAm is a temperature sensitive smart material which displays a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) at 33-35oC. At the lower critical solution temperature, the gel changes from hydrophilic to ...Read more
Author:Karsten, AE; Singh, A; Braun, MWDate:Apr 2011Laser light is frequently used in both diagnostics and treatment of patients. For any laser treatment to be effective it is important to deliver the correct dose at the treatment site. Human skin scatters and absorbs laser light in the visible ...Read more
Author:Singh, A; Karsten, AE; Dam, JSDate:Oct 2008The optical properties namely the absorption and reduced scattering coefficients of chicken skin taken from the breast was measured using an Integrating Sphere setup at 632.8nm. The properties were extracted using the multiple regression ...Read more