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Study of orientational order in thin films of disklike heptameric polycyclosiloxane molecules by means of the oblique-polarized-ray method. / Mikhaǐlova, N. A.; Gubarev, A. S.; Chizhova, N. V.
In: Journal of Optical Technology (A Translation of Opticheskii Zhurnal), Vol. 72, No. 1, 01.01.2005, p. 15-19.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Study of orientational order in thin films of disklike heptameric polycyclosiloxane molecules by means of the oblique-polarized-ray method
AU - Mikhaǐlova, N. A.
AU - Gubarev, A. S.
AU - Chizhova, N. V.
PY - 2005/1/1
Y1 - 2005/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1364/JOT.72.000015
DO - 10.1364/JOT.72.000015
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:15944418171
VL - 72
SP - 15
EP - 19
JO - Journal of Optical Technology (A Translation of Opticheskii Zhurnal)
JF - Journal of Optical Technology (A Translation of Opticheskii Zhurnal)
SN - 1070-9762
IS - 1
ER -
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