Spectroscopic Investigations on Thin Adhesive Layers in Multi-Material Laminates

Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 584-592

  Voronko, Yuliya ^a,b   Chernev, Boril S ^c   Eder, Gabriele C ^a  

^a Ofi Scientific Institute for Chemistry and Technics   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adhesive; ATR FT IR imaging; Backsheet; Infrared spectroscopy; Photovoltaic; Raman imaging; Raman microscopy; Vibrational spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED REFLECTION; LAMINATES; WEATHERING;

ADHESIVE LAYERS; ARTIFICIAL AGEING; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY IMAGING; BACKSHEETS; INFRARED: SPECTROSCOPY; LINESCAN; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RAMAN IMAGING; RAMAN MICROSCOPY;

ADHESIVES;

EID: 84922639627     PISSN: 00037028     EISSN: 19433530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1366/13-07291     Document Type: Article

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