Application of retardation-modulation polarimetry in studies of nanocomposite materials
Abstract
We demonstrate an application of retardation-modulation polarimetry in studies of nanocomposite materials. Molecular ordering is explored on both nonchiral and chiral liquid crystals (LCs) in the bulk state and embedded into parallel-arrays of cylindrical channels of alumina or silica membranes of different channel sizes (12-42 nm). Two arms polarimetry serves for simultaneous measurements of the birefringence retardation and optical activity characterizing, respectively, orientational molecular ordering and chiral structuring inside nanochannels.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- April 2019
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1904.10268
- Bibcode:
- 2019arXiv190410268K
- Keywords:
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- Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics;
- Condensed Matter - Materials Science
- E-Print:
- Conference article, 5 pages, 5 figures