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TY - JOUR
T1 - Extraction of Fickian water diffusion in polymers using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy
AU - Engelbrecht, Sebastian
AU - Pichot, Vincent
AU - Goepfert, Thomas
AU - Lin, Hungyen
AU - Fischer, Bernd M.
N1 - This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Polymer. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Polymer, 257, 125285, 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2022.125285
PY - 2022/10/4
Y1 - 2022/10/4
N2 - The dynamic behavior of polycarbonate and poly(methyl methacrylate) upon water immersion at temperatures of 40 °C and 70 °C was studied by gravimetric measurements and by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. Time-resolved measurements of the terahertz refractive index and absorption coefficient show a good agreement to the gravimetric measurements. Assuming a Fickian diffusion mechanic the diffusion coefficients were extracted from both methods. It was found that the terahertz measurements provide a reliable non-contact way to study the water diffusion in polymers. Especially, the THz absorption coefficient seems to be a robust method to determine the diffusion coefficients.
AB - The dynamic behavior of polycarbonate and poly(methyl methacrylate) upon water immersion at temperatures of 40 °C and 70 °C was studied by gravimetric measurements and by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. Time-resolved measurements of the terahertz refractive index and absorption coefficient show a good agreement to the gravimetric measurements. Assuming a Fickian diffusion mechanic the diffusion coefficients were extracted from both methods. It was found that the terahertz measurements provide a reliable non-contact way to study the water diffusion in polymers. Especially, the THz absorption coefficient seems to be a robust method to determine the diffusion coefficients.
KW - Polymers
KW - Fickian water diffusion
KW - THz spectroscopy
U2 - 10.1016/j.polymer.2022.125285
DO - 10.1016/j.polymer.2022.125285
M3 - Journal article
VL - 257
JO - Polymer
JF - Polymer
SN - 0032-3861
M1 - 125285
ER -