The AKARI FU-HYU mission program carried out mid-infrared imaging of several well studied Spitzer fields preferentially selecting fields already rich in multi-wavelength data from radio to X-ray wavelengths filling in the wavelength desert between the Spitzer IRAC and MIPS bands. We present the initial results for the FU-HYU survey in the GOODS-N field. We utilize the supreme multiwavelength co...

The Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) on-board Himawari-8, which was launched on 7 October 2014, is the first geostationary instrument housed with a solar diffuser to provide accurate onboard calibrated data for the visible and near-infrared (VNIR) bands. In this study, the Ray-matching and collocated Deep Convective Cloud (DCC) methods, both of which are based on incidently collocated homogeneous...

We present a sample of 46 galaxy nuclei from 12 nearby (z < 4500km s) Hickson Compact Groups (HCGs) with a complete suite of 1–24μm 2MASS+Spitzer nuclear photometry. For all objects in the sample, blue emission from stellar photospheres dominates in the near-infrared through the 3.6μm IRAC band. Twenty-five of 46 (54%) galaxy nuclei show red, mid-infrared continua characteristic of hot dust pow...

Empirical “backward” galaxy evolution models for infrared bright galaxies are constrained using multi-band infrared surveys. We developed a new Monte-Carlo algorithm for this task, implementing luminosity dependent distribution functions for the galaxies’ infrared spectral energy distributions (SEDs) and for the AGN contribution, allowing for evolution of these quantities. The adopted SEDs take...

A gyroid structure is a distinct morphology that is triply periodic and consists of minimal isosurfaces containing no straight lines. We have designed and synthesized amorphous silicon (a-Si) mid-infrared gyroid photonic crystals that exhibit a complete bandgap in infrared spectroscopy measurements. Photonic crystals were synthesized by deposition of a-Si/Al2O3 coatings onto a sacrificial polym...

Starch is the major component of cereal grains and starchy foods, and changes in its biophysical and biochemical properties (e.g., amylose, amylopectin, pasting, gelatinization, viscosity) will have a direct effect on its end use properties (e.g., bread, malt, polymers). The use of rapid and non-destructive methods to study and monitor starch properties, such as gelatinization, retrogradation, ...

To trace the production of biodiesel in a base-catalyzed transesterification waste frying oils and methanol, mid infrared spectra were acquired by Attenuated Total Reflectance-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) organic phases isolated from reaction medium at 0, 5, 15, 30, 60 minutes start process analyzed qualitatively comparison with IR spectrum oil its initial condition. Among...

An expert system developed for use with geologic materials (minerals) has been modified to more generally analyze spectra of all types of materials, including manmade materials, military targets, and background. The methodology requires reflectance spectra, but can also be extended to emissive measurements in the mid-wave infrared (MWIR) and long-wave infrared (LWIR). The spectra of known mater...