Infrared transmission of ion irradiated polymers

Abstract

Abstract Infrared (IR) transmission spectra of ion implanted polymers are evaluated as a function of the implantation fluence. From the IR line assignment, clues for the radiochemical processes are derived. For low dose irradiated samples the transmission grows linearly with fluence, but comes to saturation with increasing dose. For PMMA the relations of transmission vz. fluence for different ions scale with the nuclear energy transfer. Key Words: Polymersion irradiationinfrared spectrometrydestructioncarbonization