Title

• Basic principles of thermal wave physics and related techniques  
  E Marín

    1

• Investigation of layered systems by photothermal methods with periodic excitation  
  M Chirtoc

    29

• Recent developments of photopyroelectric calorimetry of liquids  
  D. Dadarlat and C. Neamtu

    65

• Recent developments in thermal wave interferometry for gas analysis  
  E Marín and H Vargas

    99

• Thermophysical properties and critical phenomena studied by the photopyroelectric (PPE) method  
  M Chirtoc, C Glorieux and J Thoen

    125

• Characterization of semiconductors using photoacoustics  
  E. Marín, A Calderón and I. Riech

    159

• Photothermal characterization of biomineralized materials  
  J. J. Alvarado-Gil and P. Quintana

    191

• Photothermal methods applied to the study of edible films used to extend the shelf life of foodstuffs  
  A Cruz-Orea and S A Tomás

    205

• Environmental studies by CO2 laser based photoacoustic spectroscopy: Detection of atmospheric ethene in the metropolitan area of Mexico City  
  S A Tomás and O Zelaya-Angel

    229

• Photothermal and thermomechanical infrared thermography  
  C Bissieux, H Pron and J F Henry

    253

• Pump-probe mode-mismatched photo-thermal lens spectroscopy in the continuous wave regime  
  A. Marcano O. and N. Melikechi

    287

• Bioanalytical applications of thermal lens spectrometry  
  M Franko

    309