A method was developed to determine the specific heat capacity and thermal conductivity of leaf tissue by non-invasive, contact-free near infrared laser probing, which requires less than 1 min per sample.
Buyel, J. F., Gruchow, H. M., Wehner, M. A Rapid Laser Probing Method Facilitates the Non-invasive and Contact-free Determination of Leaf Thermal Properties. J. Vis. Exp. (119), e54835, doi:10.3791/54835 (2017).