Title :
Terahertz time domain spectroscopy of branched alkanes
Author :
Nickel, Daniel V. ; Mittleman, Daniel M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
Abstract :
N(ν) and α(ν) for branched alkanes were measured using THz-TDS and compared to their linear structure counterparts. There is an overall decrease in n(ν) and an increase in α(ν), contrary to the predictions of the additive model for polarizibility.
Keywords :
hydrogen bonds; terahertz spectroscopy; THz-TDS; additive model; branched alkanes; linear structure counterparts; polarizibility; terahertz time domain spectroscopy; Absorption; Additives; Atomic measurements; Carbon; Dielectric losses; Predictive models;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
