Title :
Total differential optical properties of polymer nanocomposite materials
Author :
Johnson, David I. ; Gadd, Gerard E. ; Town, Graham E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Centre for Lasers & Applications, Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW
Abstract :
The Maxwell-Garnett and Bruggeman effective medium models are extended to a total differential model to predict differential changes in the optical properties of polymer nanocomposites in response to external influences. A Mie scattering model was used to model the transmission properties of these materials.
Keywords :
Mie scattering; nanocomposites; optical properties; polymers; Bruggeman effective medium models; Maxwell-Garnett effective medium models; Mie scattering model; optical properties; polymer nanocomposite materials; Mie scattering; Nanostructured materials; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical materials; Optical polymers; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Predictive models;
Conference_Titel :
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2006. ICONN '06. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brisbane, Qld.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0452-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0452-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICONN.2006.340643
