Analyzing morphology and thermal history of polybutylene terephthalate by THz time-domain spectroscopy

Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 952-959

  Wietzke, Steffen ^a,d   Reuter, Marco ^a   Nestle, Nikolaus ^b   Klimov, Evgueni ^b   Zadok, Uri ^c   Fischer, Bernd M ^a   Koch, Martin ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

^c Novatrans Group SA   (Israel)

^d Pressesprecherin Leiterin Presse und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorption coefficient; Amorphous domains; Analysis; Degree of crystallinity; Index of refraction; Macromolecule; Morphology; Non destructive; PBT; Polybutylene terephthalate; Refractive index; Semi crystalline polymer; Structure; Terahertz time domain spectroscopy; Thermal history

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ANALYSIS; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; INDEX OF REFRACTION; NON DESTRUCTIVE; PBT; POLYBUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMER; TERAHERTZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL HISTORY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; MORPHOLOGY; REFLECTOMETERS; REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80052593849     PISSN: 18666892     EISSN: 18666906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-011-9810-9     Document Type: Article

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