A Spectral Method for Rapidly Determining the Linear Birefringence of Thin Polymer Films
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| Argitaratua izan da: | Molecules vol. 29, no. 24 (2024), p. 6007 |
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| Laburpena: | A rapid and simple spectral method for determining the linear birefringence of thin anisotropic films, using the channeled spectra, is proposed in this article. Two channeled spectra must be recorded for a transparent system containing a thick anisotropic layer and a thin stretched polymer film, when the two anisotropic uniaxial layers have parallel and perpendicular optical axes, respectively. The sum and difference of the two channeled spectra indicate (by the positions of the maxima and minima in the resulting channeled spectra) the phase difference introduced by the thin polymer film. One must measure with precision only the thickness of the polymer film in order to compute the linear birefringence of the thin polymer film, using the position of the maxima and minima of the sum and difference. The experimental data obtained for poly (vinyl alcohol)—PVA—and poly (ethylene terephthalate)—PET—films attest to the applicability of the proposed method to the uniaxial transparent polymeric thin films. |
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| ISSN: | 1420-3049 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/molecules29246007 |
| Baliabidea: | Health & Medical Collection |