Microscopic states of shocked polymers

Kathryn E. Brown, Rusty Conner, Yuanxi Fu, Hiroki Fujiwara, Dana D. Dlott

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Abstract

A laser-driven flyer plate monitored by a high-speed displacement interferometer (DISAR) was used to impact a thin sample containing an embedded dye molecule probe whose emission is sensitive to the microscopic state of the sample. In an initial demonstration, PMMA with R640 dye was impacted at 1.7 km/s, producing a 5.2 GPa shock. The dye emission redshift at the shock peak is consistent with static high-pressure calibration measurements, but after the shock dissipated and the pressure returned to ambient, the dye redshift reveals the polymer chains were densified.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationShock Compression of Condensed Matter - 2011 - Proceedings of the Conference of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter
Pages1593-1596
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event17th Biennial Conference of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, 2011 APS SCCM - Chicago, IL, United States
Duration: Jun 26 2011Jul 1 2011

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1426
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Other

Other17th Biennial Conference of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, 2011 APS SCCM
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago, IL
Period6/26/117/1/11

Keywords

  • laser spectroscopy
  • laser-driven flyer
  • polymers

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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