Hybrid immersion-polarization method for measuring birefringence applied to spider silks

Optics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 4098-4100

  Little, Douglas J ^a   Kane, Deborah M ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; INDEX MATCHING; LINEAR POLARIZATION; SPIDER SILKS;

BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT REFRACTION; POLARIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; STRAIN;

SILK;

INSECT PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CHEMISTRY; IMMERSION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; SILK; SPIDER;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIREFRINGENCE; IMMERSION; INSECT PROTEINS; REFRACTOMETRY; SILK; SPIDERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 80054773920     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.36.004098     Document Type: Article

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