Amorphous Hydrocarbon Optical Properties

Hydrogenated amorphous carbon materials, a-C(:H), whose optical properties evolve in response to UV irradiation processing are promising candidate materials for cosmic carbonaceous dust. The optical properties of a:C(:H) particles have been derived as a function of size, band gap and hydrogen content over a wide wavelength range (EUV-cm) and can be used to investigate the size-dependent evolution of a-C(:H) material properties in the ISM.