Polymers and Electromagnetic Radiation

Wolfram Schnabel, born in Freiburg, Silesia, Germany, in 1931, is Professor Emeritus at the Technical University of Berlin. He obtained his PhD in Chemistry from Cologne University, Germany, and did post-doctoral research at Northwestern University, Evanston, USA. Subsequently he worked on his habilitation at the Technical University of Berlin and, in parallel, was researcher at the Hahn-Meitner-Institute Berlin, now merged in the Helmholtz Center Berlin for Materials and Energy. Wolfram Schnabel was appointed Professor at the Technical University of Berlin in 1974 and had this position until his retirement. He published well over 300 journal articles in the fields of macromolecular chemistry, photochemistry and radiation chemistry and is the author of three books.

Preface
Introduction

PART I: Non-Ionizing Radiation

SUB-TERAHERTZ RADIATION INCLUDING RADIOFREQUENCY (RF) AND MICROWAVE RADIATION
Absorption
Applications in Polymer Chemistry
Applications in Polymer Physics
Industrial Applications

INFRARED RADIATION
Absorption
Applications
Polymer Characterization by Two-Dimensional IR Spectroscopy
Time-Resolved Measurements in the Mid-IR Range
Time-Resolved THz Spectroscopy
THz Optics Made by Polymers

VISIBLE AND ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT
Absorption
Applications
Technical Developments

PART II: IONIZING RADIATION

ELEMENTARY PROCESSES OF THE INTERACTION OF HIGH-ENERGY PHOTONS WITH MATTER
General Aspects
Attenuation Coefficients
Photoelectric Effect
Compton Scattering
Electron-Positron Pair Production
Photonuclear Absorption
Absorption of Swift Electrons

CHEMICAL REACTIONS INDUCED BY HIGH-ENERGY RADIATION
General Aspects
Polymer Synthesis
Radiolysis of Bulk Synthetic Biopolymers
Radiolysis of Bulk Biopolymers
Radiolysis of Polymers in Solution
Technical Developments

APPLICATIONS OF HIGH-ENERGY RADIATION IN POLYMER PHYSICS
General Aspects
X-Ray Spectroscopy
X-Ray Imaging and Microscopy
X-Ray Scattering

Index