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Science and Technology of Polymers and Advanced Materials pp 153–164Cite as

Study of Energy Gap and Electronic Transitions in Model Polymer Systems: Electronic Versus Optical Excitations

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This short review attempts to rediscover an « old » surface sensitive electron spectroscopic technique, namely ELS (or EELS, for Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy); when applied to study polymers and related advanced materials, it allows to characterize the material energy gap and its electronic transitions. Four sample cases are presented: the measurement of electron induced radiation damage in polyethylene, the study of the energy gap of C60, the evidence of copper metal diffusion in poly(phenylquinoxaline) during annealing, and a preliminary study of the electronic excitations in a catenane, a macrocyclescontaining molecule.

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    J. J. Pireaux, G. Gensterblum, C. Grégoire, B. Y. Han, K. Hevesi, C. A. Fustin, P. Rudolf, L. M. Yu & R. Caudano

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    James E. Mark (Distinguished Research Professor) (Distinguished Research Professor)

  3. Institute of Graduate Studies, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

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Pireaux, J.J. et al. (1998). Study of Energy Gap and Electronic Transitions in Model Polymer Systems: Electronic Versus Optical Excitations. In: Prasad, P.N., Mark, J.E., Kandil, S.H., Kafafi, Z.H. (eds) Science and Technology of Polymers and Advanced Materials. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0112-5_14

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