On the Circular Birefringence of Polycrystalline Polymers: Polylactide.

The circular birefringence of polycrystalline polymers is invariably obscured by strong linear birefringence. To parse the two mechanisms of light retardation, polycrystalline spherulites of polylactide enantiomers were analyzed by Mueller matrix microscopy. Polymer films are barely optically active...

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Published in:	Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 133; no. 35; pp. 13848 - 13852
Main Authors:	Ye, Hai-Mu, Jun Xu, Freudenthal, John, Kahr, Bart
Format:	Article
Published:	American Chemical Society 9/7/2011
Subjects:	Double refraction Polycrystals Enantiomers Microreactors Metamaterials
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