Optical properties of polybutadiene in the bulk and near a gold interface

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 290, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 1731-1741

  Hoppe, E Tilo ^a   Hopp, Isabel ^b   Port, Max ^b   Menges, Bernhard ^b   Papadakis, Christine M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Optical waveguide spectroscopy; Polymer physics; Polymer solid interfaces; Surface plasmon spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; GOLD INTERFACE; GOLD LAYER; GOLD-COATED; INTERPHASE PROPERTIES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE SPECTROSCOPIES; POLYMER PHYSICS; RESIDUAL SOLVENTS; SURFACE PLASMON SPECTROSCOPY; VACUUM DRYING;

GOLD; PLASMONS; POLYBUTADIENES; POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THICK FILMS;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

1,3 BUTADIENE DERIVATIVE; GLASS; GOLD; POLYBUTADIENE; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; DESICCATION; FILM; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MASS; MATERIAL COATING; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICS; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS; VACUUM DRYING;

EID: 84868212336     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: 14351536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-012-2711-1     Document Type: Article

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