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Depth Profiles in Maize (Zea mays L.) Seeds Studied by Photoacoustic Spectroscopy

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Photoacoustic spectroscopy (PAS) has been used to analyze agricultural seeds and can be applied to the study of seed depth profiles of these complex samples composed of different structures. The sample depth profile can be obtained through the photoacoustic (PA) signal, amplitude, and phase at different light modulation frequencies. The PA signal phase is more sensitive to changes of thermal properties in layered samples than the PA signal amplitude. Hence, the PA signal phase can also be used to characterize layers at different depths. Thus, the objective of the present study was to obtain the optical absorption spectra of maize seeds (Zea mays L.) by means of PAS at different light modulation frequencies (17 Hz, 30 Hz, and 50 Hz) and comparing these spectra with the ones obtained from the phase-resolved method in order to separate the optical absorption spectra of seed pericarp and endosperm. The results suggest the possibility of using the phase-resolved method to obtain optical absorption spectra of different seed structures, at different depths, without damaging the seed. Thus, PAS could be a nondestructive method for characterization of agricultural seeds and thus improve quality control in the food industry.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank the Instituto Politécnico Nacional, through the COFAA and EDI scholarships as well as projects SIP. We also thank INIFAP, Campus Montecillo for the support to develop the experiments in the present study. We also thank Ing. Esther Ayala, at the Physics Department of CINVESTAV-IPN, for her technical support.

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  1. Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, SEPI–ESIME-Zacatenco - Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 07738, México, D.F., México

    C. Hernández-Aguilar, A. Domínguez-Pacheco & R. Zepeda-Bautista

  2. Departamento de Física, CINVESTAV– IPN, C.P. 07360, A. P. 14-740, México, D.F., México

    A. Cruz-Orea

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Hernández-Aguilar, C., Domínguez-Pacheco, A., Cruz-Orea, A. et al. Depth Profiles in Maize (Zea mays L.) Seeds Studied by Photoacoustic Spectroscopy. Int J Thermophys 36, 891–899 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-014-1791-1

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