Оptical activity of chitosan films with induced anisotropy

Natalia O. Gegel; Anna B. Shipovskaya

doi:10.1117/12.2229859

21 April 2016 Оptical activity of chitosan films with induced anisotropy

Proceedings Volume 9917, Saratov Fall Meeting 2015: Third International Symposium on Optics and Biophotonics and Seventh Finnish-Russian Photonics and Laser Symposium (PALS); 99172Q (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2229859
Event: Saratov Fall Meeting 2015, 2015, Saratov, Russian Federation

Abstract

The optical anisotropy and optical activity of salt and basic chitosan films, both initial and modified in formic acid vapor were studied. The modification of such films was found to be accompanied by induced time-stable optical anisotropy, by varying the values of specific optical rotation [α] and an inversion of the sign of [α]. The angular dependences (indicatrices) of the specific optical rotation of films on the orientation angle of the sample relative to the direction of the polarization vector of the incident light beam in a plane perpendicular to the beam were obtained. The indicatrices of the initial chitosan films have an almost symmetrical character while those of the films modified in formic acid vapor are irregular. It is concluded of the formation of a vitrified cholesteric mesophase in the chitosan films with induced optical anisotropy.

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Natalia O. Gegel and Anna B. Shipovskaya "Оptical activity of chitosan films with induced anisotropy", Proc. SPIE 9917, Saratov Fall Meeting 2015: Third International Symposium on Optics and Biophotonics and Seventh Finnish-Russian Photonics and Laser Symposium (PALS), 99172Q (21 April 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2229859

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