Photodegradation of bisphenol A polycarbonate under blue light radiation and its effect on optical properties

Optical Materials

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 504-508

  Yazdan Mehr, M ^a,b   Van Driel, W D ^b,c   Jansen, K M B ^d   Deeben, P ^c   Boutelje, M ^c   Zhang, G Q ^b,c  

^a Material Innovation Institute (M2i)   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c PHILIPS LIGHTING   (Netherlands)

^d FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

LED encapsulant; Photodegradation; Polycarbonate; Reliability of optical materials; Yellowing

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHENOLS; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLYCARBONATES; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

BISPHENOL A POLYCARBONATES; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; ENCAPSULANTS; OPTICAL DEGRADATION; POLYCARBONATE PLATES; UV-VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; YELLOWING;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84871717671     PISSN: 09253467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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