Terahertz spectroscopy in polymer research: Assignment of intermolecular vibrational modes and structural characterization of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)

IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 248-258

  Hoshina, Hiromichi ^a   Ishii, Shinya ^b   Yamamoto, Shigeki ^c   Morisawa, Yusuke ^d   Sato, Harumi ^e   Uchiyama, Tetsuji ^b   Ozaki, Yukihiro ^c   Otani, Chiko ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Isothermal crystallization; low frequency Raman spectroscopy; poly(3 hydroxybutyrate); polymer; quantum mechanical simulation; terahertz spectroscopy; two dimensional correlation spectroscopy (2DCOS)

Indexed keywords

ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; LOW-FREQUENCY RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; POLY-3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; QUANTUM MECHANICAL SIMULATIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY (2DCOS);

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ISOTHERMS; QUANTUM THEORY; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84877577498     PISSN: 2156342X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2013.2253154     Document Type: Article

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