Molecular and Laser Spectroscopy: Advances and Applications provides students and
researchers with an up-to-date understanding of the fast-develo** area of molecular and …

Blending different molar mass fractions of polyethylene (PE) in order to obtain materials with
higher fracture toughness has previously proven beneficial. Our approach has been to use …

Chemical imaging combines the spatial specificity of optical microscopy with the spectral
selectivity of vibrational spectroscopy. Mid-infrared (IR) absorption imaging instruments are …

A label-free method for quantifying stress transmitter (or elastically effective molecule)
content (p) in semicrystalline polymers, including both tie molecules and bridging …

The aggregation of the amyloid beta (Aβ) protein into plaques is a pathological feature of
Alzheimer's disease (AD). While amyloid aggregates have been extensively studied in vitro …

Semicrystalline polymers of low glass transition temperature, such as polyethylene (PE), can
be either brittle or ductile depending on their content of intercrystallite stress transmitters─ …

Despite the ubiquity of three-dimensional (3D) anisotropic materials, their 3D molecular
alignment cannot be measured using conventional two-dimensional (2D) polarization …

Anisotropic molecular alignment occurs ubiquitously and often heterogeneously in three
dimensions (3D). However, conventional imaging approaches based on polarization can …

A linear dichroism study of vibrational peaks of amorphous and semi-crystalline axially
stretched poly (2, 6-dimethyl-1, 4-phenylene) oxide (PPO) films shows an unusual behaviour …

Despite the ubiquity of molecular alignment in natural and synthesized materials, accurate
map** of three-dimensional (3D) molecular orientations with sufficient spatial resolving …