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Birefringence control of solution-cast film of cellulose triacetate
- Source :
- Optical Materials. 72:491-495
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2017.
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Abstract
- We controlled the optical anisotropy of a solution-cast film composed of cellulose triacetate (CTA) by adding ferrocene. Owing to the molecular orientation in the film plane of solution-cast films, which results from the normal stress applied during the solvent evaporation process, the average refractive index is usually higher in the plane of the film than in the thickness direction. We found that the addition of ferrocene, which is miscible with CTA, reduced the optical anisotropy by nematic interaction; i.e., ferrocene molecules are forcibly embedded into the film plane accompanying the CTA chains. Because the direction of anisotropic polarizability of ferrocene is perpendicular to the long axis of the molecule, the refractive index in the thickness direction is reduced. Furthermore, the stress-optical coefficient in the glassy state is reduced by the addition of ferrocene.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
Film plane
02 engineering and technology
010402 general chemistry
01 natural sciences
Inorganic Chemistry
chemistry.chemical_compound
Polarizability
Liquid crystal
Polymer chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Composite material
Anisotropy
Spectroscopy
Birefringence
Organic Chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
0104 chemical sciences
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Cellulose triacetate
Ferrocene
chemistry
0210 nano-technology
Refractive index
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09253467
- Volume :
- 72
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Optical Materials
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........2cb5e41a17533ebedc855d784a18331f