Structural Studies of Polymers and Polymer Liquid Crystals by X-ray Scattering, Thermal Analysis and Ellipsometric Studies Through Polarized Light Microscopy

Download or read book Structural Studies of Polymers and Polymer Liquid Crystals by X-ray Scattering, Thermal Analysis and Ellipsometric Studies Through Polarized Light Microscopy written by Georgi Yordanov Georgiev and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We constructed a polarized light microscope, using voltage driven liquid crystal phase retarders as precision universal compensator. The instrument provides real-time spatially resolved images of retardance and azimuthal angle for optically anisotropic polymers. We demonstrated several applications including polymer samples drawn with high extension ratio, collagen model peptides, HIQ-40 and PET/VectraRTM blends, and preliminary results are presented.