Light- and Neutron-Optical Properties of Holographic Transmission Gratings from Polymer-Ionic Liquid Composites with Submicron Grating Spacing
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials’ and Sample Preparation
2.2. Sample Characterization
3. Results
3.1. Light Diffraction Experiments
3.2. Neutron Diffraction Experiments
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
BMIMBF | 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate |
PEGDMA | poly-(ethylene glycol)-dimethacrylate |
PVAC | polyvinyl acetate |
Appendix A
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Material | Percentage (wt%) | Description |
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poly-(ethylene glycol)-dimethacrylate (PEGDMA) | Polymer | |
polyvinyl acetate (PVAC) | Polymer binder | |
1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (BMIMBF) | Ionic liquid | |
Irgacure184 (Irg184) | UV photoinitiator |
thickness d | ||
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μm | ||
μm | ||
μm | ||
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Flauger, P.; Ellabban, M.A.; Glavan, G.; Klepp, J.; Pruner, C.; Jenke, T.; Geltenbort, P.; Fally, M. Light- and Neutron-Optical Properties of Holographic Transmission Gratings from Polymer-Ionic Liquid Composites with Submicron Grating Spacing. Polymers 2019, 11, 1459. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11091459
Flauger P, Ellabban MA, Glavan G, Klepp J, Pruner C, Jenke T, Geltenbort P, Fally M. Light- and Neutron-Optical Properties of Holographic Transmission Gratings from Polymer-Ionic Liquid Composites with Submicron Grating Spacing. Polymers. 2019; 11(9):1459. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11091459
Chicago/Turabian StyleFlauger, Peter, Mostafa A. Ellabban, Gašper Glavan, Jürgen Klepp, Christian Pruner, Tobias Jenke, Peter Geltenbort, and Martin Fally. 2019. "Light- and Neutron-Optical Properties of Holographic Transmission Gratings from Polymer-Ionic Liquid Composites with Submicron Grating Spacing" Polymers 11, no. 9: 1459. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11091459