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This paper uses the oblique-polarized-ray method to investigate birefringence in thin films of disklike heptameric polycyclosiloxane (HPCS). The surface birefringence B is determined at various temperatures. It is determined that B is independent of T in the region from room temperature to 40 °C, while B decreases to zero in absolute magnitude when the samples are heated further. A theoretical estimate is made of the polarizability anisotropy of HPCS molecules as Δ γ= - 450×10 -25 cm 3 . The orientational-ordering parameter of the HPCS molecules relative to the interphase boundaries is determined as <S>= -0.25. It is shown that the sixth-order symmetry axes of the HPCS molecules are oriented predominantly perpendicularly relative to the normal to the surface of the layer. A model is proposed for supermolecular structures, associated with the formation of domains in the form of stacks of predominantly parallel disklike HPCS molecules.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 15-19 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Optical Technology (A Translation of Opticheskii Zhurnal) |
Volume | 72 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2005 |
ID: 41728882