1. Editorial

   • H. Talaat

   EditorialNotes Pages: V - V

2. Laser photoacoustic spectroscopy helps fight terrorism: High sensitivity detection of chemical Warfare Agent and explosives

   • C. K.N. Patel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 18

3. Initial heating mechanism of fluids after photoexcitation of molecules in various phases

   • M. Terazima

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 24

4. Sensitive solid-state optical sensible materials for photothermal determination of trace metals

   • D. A. Nedosekin
   • N. V. Saranchina
   • G. M. Mokrousov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 28

5. Optical and thermal properties of doped semiconductor

   • S. Abroug
   • F. Saadallah
   • N. Yacoubi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 32

6. Photopyroelectric spectroscopy of Sb₂O₃ - ZnO ceramics

   • A. Zakaria
   • Z. Rizwan
   • W. Mohmood Mat Yunus

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 35

7. Photo-acoustic spectroscopy of polymer with infrared free electron laser

   • M. Yasumoto
   • H. Ogawa
   • K. Yamada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 40

8. Application of photothermal deflection spectroscopy for the determination of iron(II) with ferrozine with sorption preconcentration on Silufol

   • A. D. Khrycheva
   • D. A. Nedosekin
   • S. Heissler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 44

9. Hidrogeochemical study in South Amazon region using Photoacoustic Spectroscopy

   • N. K. Leite
   • J. G. Santos
   • P. C. Morais

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 48

10. Study of lanthanide liquid-crystalline complexes by Photoacoustic and luminescence spectroscopy

    • Yue-tao Yang
    • Jun-jia Li
    • Shu-yi Zhang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 51

11. Optoacoustic generation of high frequency sound for 3-D ultrasonic imaging in medicine

    • M. O'Donnell
    • Y. Hou
    • L. J. Guo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 58

12. Photothermal microscopy for studying the role of nano-sized absorbing precursors in laser-induced damage of optical materials

    • M. Commandré
    • J.-Y. Natoli
    • L. Gallais

    OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 64

13. Study of the evaporation of thin layers of liquids by photothermal techniques

    • P. Martinez-Torres
    • J. J. Alvarado-Gil

    OriginalPaper Pages: 65 - 67

14. Lateral heat diffusion in layered structures: Theory and photothermal experiments

    • D. Fournier
    • C. Fretigny

    OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 73

15. Photothermal measurement of thermal diffusivity in carbonyl iron powder suspensions

    • R. Medina-Esquivel
    • J. M. Yáñez-Limón
    • J. J. Alvarado-Gil

    OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 77

16. Photothermal measurements in determination of the thermal diffusivity of SiC

    • J. Bodzenta
    • K. Golaszewska
    • P. Szperlich

    OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 82

17. Application of the flash method to rods and tubes

    • A. Salazar
    • E. Apiñaniz
    • A. Oleaga

    OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 86

18. Thermal conductivity degradation induced by heavy ion irradiation at room temperature in ceramic materials

    • S. Gomès
    • L. David
    • M. Raynaud

    OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 90

19. Three-dimensional laser-induced thermal and stress analyses in diamond/ZnSe system

    • Y. Cheng
    • J. S. Wang
    • S. Y. Zhang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 93

20. Effect of laser beam size on measurement contrast of thermophysical gradients in layered structures using thermal-wave techniques

    • C. Wang
    • A. Mandelis
    • Y. Liu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 98

21. Application of the diffraction theory for photothermal deflection to measurements of thermophysical and mass-diffusion properties of gases

    • J. H. Rohling
    • J. Shen
    • C. E. Gu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 101

22. Lanthanum Deficiency effects on the electrical and thermal properties of La_0.7-x□_xCa_0.3MnO₃ Perovskite Manganite

    • G. Taher
    • K. Imed
    • C. Abdelwahheb

    OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 106

23. Determination of thermal conductivity and diffusivity of soaked steels using the “Mirage effect” method

    • G. Taher
    • Y. Noureddine

    OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 110

24. Photothermal deflection measurement of effective gas diffusion coefficient of a porous medium

    • J. H. Rohling
    • J. Shen
    • C. E. Gu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 113

25. Photopyroelectric measurement of thermal effusivity of liquids by sample's thickness scan

    • D. Dadarlat
    • C. Neamtu
    • A. Hadj Sahraoui

    OriginalPaper Pages: 115 - 118

26. Characterization of continuously inhomogeneous media with arbitrary thermophysical profiles using photothermal technique

    • H. Qu
    • Z. Chen
    • C. Wangthanks

    OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 122

27. Characterization of hardened cylindrical samples using photothermal radiometry

    • C. Wang
    • A. Mandelis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 123 - 126

28. Theoretical analysis of PPE measurements in liquids using a thermal-wave cavity

    • A. Matvienko
    • A. Mandelis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 129

29. Dimensionality considerations of thermal transport mechanisms in a Thermal-Wave Cavity

    • C. H. Kwan
    • A. Matvienko
    • A. Mandelis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 134

30. Determination of the thermal diffusivity of pure and doped yttrium orthovanadate by Ångström's method

    • J. Bodzenta
    • A. Kaźmierczak-Bałata
    • M. Pyka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 138

31. Thermal diffusivity of Zn_1-xBe_xSe crystals and it's correlation with electrical conductivity and optical absorption spectra

    • J. Bodzenta
    • F. Firszt
    • J. Zakrzewski

    OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 142

32. Measurement of textile materials thermal properties

    • M. Fournier
    • T. Duvaut
    • J. M. Bachmann

    OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 145

33. Photothermal and micro-thermal characterization of metal coated diamond crystallites

    • I. Delgadillo-Holtfort
    • E. Neubauer
    • J. Pelzl

    OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 150

34. Thermal characterization of micro-structured NiTi samples by 3ω scanning thermal microscopy

    • J. Gibkes
    • M. Chirtoc
    • J. Pelzl

    OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 154

35. Finite element modeling of laser-induced three-dimensional Transient Thermal Grating in two-layered systems

    • J. S. Wang
    • Y. Cheng
    • S. Y. Zhang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 155 - 158

36. Study of gold nanoparticles effect on thermal diffusivity of nanofluids based on various solvents by using thermal lens spectroscopy

    • J. L. Jiménez Pérez
    • R. Gutierrez Fuentes
    • A. Cruz-Orea

    OriginalPaper Pages: 159 - 161

37. Self-consistent photoacoustic methodologies for thermal effusivity measurements for liquids

    • J. A. Balderas-López

    OriginalPaper Pages: 163 - 166

38. Photoacoustic methodologies for thermal diffusivity measurements for highly opaque single-layered materials

    • J. A. Baldera-López

    OriginalPaper Pages: 167 - 170

39. Metrological aspects of thermal relaxation technique by radiation loss for volumetric heat capacity measurements

    • G. Gutiérrez-Juárez
    • D. Acosta-Avalos
    • J. J. Alvarado-Gil

    OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 173

40. Cu-C interface systems evaluated with the help of the thermal wave contrast

    • S. Chotikaprakhan
    • A. Haj-Daoud
    • B. K. Bein

    OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 178

41. Photothermal techniques applied to the study of thermal properties in biodegradable films

    • E. San Martín-Martínez
    • M. A. Aguilar-Méndez
    • A. García-Quiroz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 182

42. Thermal diffusivity of sintered 12CaO×7Al₂O₃

    • P. M. Nikolić
    • D. T. Luković
    • B. Stamenović

    OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 186

43. Photoacoustic characterization of natural mineral pyrite (FeS₂)

    • P. M. Nikolić
    • D. T. Luković
    • B. Stamenović

    OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 189

44. Transient thermal grating analyses of film/substrate structures by eigenfunction expansion method

    • Heng-yi Ju
    • Pao-kuang Kuo
    • Shu-yi Zhang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 191 - 194

45. Thermal characterization of film-on-substrate system by photothermal method and genetic algorithm

    • Z. J. Chen
    • J. W. Fang
    • S. Y. Zhang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 195 - 198

46. Characterization of optical properties of Porous Silicon using Photoacoustic Technique

    • S. Abdallah
    • T. A. El-Brolossy
    • H. Talaat

    OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 202

47. Photothermal monitoring of curing in multilayered systems

    • M. Zambrano-Arjona
    • R. A. Medina-Esquivel
    • J. J. Alvarado-Gil

    OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 205

48. Lumped oscillations of a nanofilm at adhesion bond

    • T. Pezeril
    • N. Chigarev
    • V. Gusev

    OriginalPaper Pages: 207 - 210

49. Evaluation of elastic properties of nanoporous silicon oxide thin films by picosecond laser ultrasonics

    • C. Mechri
    • P. Ruello
    • S. Dourdain

    OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 213

50. A search for laser heating of a sonoluminescing bubble

    • G. Cao
    • S. Danworaphong
    • G. J. Diebold

    OriginalPaper Pages: 215 - 221