Mid-infrared complex refractive indices for oleic acid and optical properties of model oleic acid/water aerosols

2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (36) ◽  
pp. 7998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon M. McGinty ◽  
Marta K. Kapala ◽  
Richard F. Niedziela
Keyword(s):  
Optical Properties ◽  
Oleic Acid ◽  
Acid Water ◽  
Refractive Indices ◽  
Mid Infrared

scholarly journals Formation of Metal Oxides Based Surface Nanolenses and Their Optical Properties

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-74
Author(s):  
Laraib Syeda ◽  
Carmen Van Horn ◽  
Jiasheng Qian ◽  
Xuehua Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Optical Properties ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Oleic Acid ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Annealing Process ◽  
Acid Water ◽  
Solvent Exchange ◽  
Light Refraction ◽  
Fluid Cell ◽  
The Ideal

An emerging resource in the production of renewable energy are nanolenses, due to their unique optical properties. Their ability to refract light makes it possible for them to focus light and convert it into other forms of energy; which reduces the need for burning fossil fuels.   nanolens, nanodroplets, optical properties, fluid cell, surface nanolens The formation of nanolenses occurs due to the process of solvent exchange. In this process, different concentrations of a ternary mixture comprising of oleic acid, water, and ethanol are used to create an ideal formation of nanodroplets. A mixture of iron (IV) chloride and manganese chloride is then washed over the droplets to create the droplet’s shell. The droplets are then annealed at 300°C in order to remove all excess liquid, leaving behind the hollow nanolenses. This process was carried out on two different substrates, silicon wafer and glass with similar results transpiring on both.  After various trials, it can be concluded that the ideal concentration ratio of oleic acid/water/ethanol is 4.25/30/70, as the lenses are homogeneous in size, volume, and distribution. Allowing them to remain intact through the annealing process. These findings can be applied to further studies in the use of nanolenses concerning light refraction, and the consequential production of renewable energy.

Electrical modulation of the optical properties of mid-infrared metamaterials

2012 ◽  
Vol 101 (25) ◽  
pp. 251109 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Larsen ◽  
D. Austin ◽  
I. C. Sandall ◽  
D. G. Davies ◽  
D. G. Revin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Properties ◽  
Mid Infrared ◽  
Electrical Modulation

Binary, ternary and quaternary liquid–liquid equilibria in 1-butanol, oleic acid, water and n-heptane mixtures

2009 ◽  
Vol 284 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.G.M. Winkelman ◽  
G.N. Kraai ◽  
H.J. Heeres
Keyword(s):  
Oleic Acid ◽  
Acid Water

scholarly journals Microstructure-Induced Anisotropic Optical Properties of YF3 Columnar Thin Films Prepared by Glancing Angle Deposition

Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 2413
Author(s):  
Yao Shan ◽  
Pian Liu ◽  
Yao Chen ◽  
Haotian Zhang ◽  
Huatian Tu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Optical Properties ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Electron Beam Evaporation ◽  
Glancing Angle Deposition ◽  
Refractive Indices ◽  
Glancing Angle ◽  
Axis Parallel ◽  
Angle Deposition ◽  
Deposition Angle

Yttrium fluoride (YF3) columnar thin films (CTFs) were fabricated by electron beam evaporation with the glancing angle deposition method. The microstructures and optical properties of YF3 CTFs were studied systematically. The YF3 films grown at different deposition angles are all amorphous. As the deposition angle increases, the columns in YF3 CTFs become increasingly separated and inclined, and the volume fraction of YF3 decreases, resulting in lower refractive indices. This phenomenon is attributed to the self-shadowing effect and limited adatom diffusion. The YF3 CTFs are optically biaxial anisotropic with the long axis (c-axis) parallel to the columns, the short axis (b-axis) perpendicular to the columns, and the other axis (a-axis) parallel to the film interface. The principal refractive index along the b-axis for the 82°-deposited sample is approximately 1.233 at 550 nm. For the 78°-deposited sample, the differences of principal refractive indices between the c-axis and the b-axis and between the a-axis and the b-axis reach the maximum 0.056 and 0.029, respectively. The differences of principal refractive indices were affected by both the deposition angle and the volume fraction of YF3.

Optical properties of a liquid crystal with small ordinary and extraordinary refractive indices and small optical anisotropy

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Kędzierski ◽  
K. Garbat ◽  
Z. Raszewski ◽  
M. Kojdecki ◽  
K. Kowiorski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
Optical Properties ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Optical Anisotropy ◽  
Order Parameter ◽  
Orientational Order ◽  
Refractive Indices ◽  
Orientational Order Parameter ◽  
Unknown Density ◽  
Abbe Refractometer

AbstractOptical properties of a nematic liquid crystal with small refractive index and small birefringence were studied. The ordinary and extraordinary refractive indices and birefringence were measured as functions of temperature by using an Abbe refractometer and wedge nematic cells. From values of these indices the nematic orientational order parameter was calculated by using several methods and corresponding mathematical models. Kuczyński et al. method was found to be suitable for determining the order parameter also for materials featuring small ordinary refractive index, with unknown density.

BIREFRINGENCE AND MAGNETO-OPTICAL PROPERTIES IN OLEIC ACID COATED Fe3O4 NANOPARTICLES: APPLICATION FOR OPTICAL SWITCH

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (03) ◽  
pp. 515-520 ◽  
Author(s):  
SI-HUA XIA ◽  
JUN WANG ◽  
ZHANG-XIAN LU ◽  
FEIYAN ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Optical Properties ◽  
Oleic Acid ◽  
Magnetic Nanoparticles ◽  
Magnetic Nanoparticle ◽  
Optical Switch ◽  
Colloidal Suspension ◽  
Experimental Parameters ◽  
Nanoparticle Chains ◽  
The Magnetic Field

We report magneto-optical properties in a kerosene colloidal suspension of oleic acid coated Fe3O4 nanoparticles (~14 nm). The magnetic colloids (fluids) show birefringence under a magnetic field. Systematical studies of the on–off switch times upon application of the on–off magnetic field with varied experimental parameters indicate that the switch response time depends strongly on the strength of the magnetic field and the concentration of the magnetic nanoparticles in the fluid. The data can be explained in terms of the formation of magnetic nanoparticle chains under a magnetic field. The important magneto-optical properties of the magnetic fluids allow us to design a tunable optical switch.

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