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Determination of Dielectric Function of Water in THz Region in Wood Cell Wall Result in an Accurate Prediction of Moisture Content

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This report follows up previous work that presented a model for the simultaneous detection of moisture content and density of wood using Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. A significant improvement in the prediction accuracy of the model is demonstrated by including a moisture content-dependent dielectric function for the water within the wood samples. Justification for using the dielectric function is presented, the prediction accuracy is quantified, and the results compared with prior work.

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This study was financially supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Western Economic Diversification Canada, the Northern Development Initiatives Trust, and the JSPS (KAKENHI, No. 16H02559).

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  1. Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan

    Han Wang, Tetsuya Inagaki & Satoru Tsuchikawa

  2. Department of Physics, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, V2N 4Z9, Canada

    Ian D. Hartley & Matthew Reid

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Wang, H., Inagaki, T., Hartley, I.D. et al. Determination of Dielectric Function of Water in THz Region in Wood Cell Wall Result in an Accurate Prediction of Moisture Content. J Infrared Milli Terahz Waves 40, 673–687 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-019-00594-0

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