Raman spectroscopy for the characterization of the polymerization rate in an acrylamide-based photopolymer

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 206-212

  Jallapuram, Raghavendra ^a   Naydenova, Izabela ^a   Byrne, Hugh J ^a   Martin, Suzanne ^a   Howard, Robert ^a   Toal, Vincent ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; POLYMERIZATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RATE CONSTANTS;

ACRYLAMIDE; DOUBLE BOND; POLYMERIZATION RATE; VIBRATIONAL PEAKS;

PHOTOPOLYMERS;

ACRYLAMIDE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACRYLAMIDE; ALGORITHMS; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 40749102947     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.000206     Document Type: Article

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