LOCALIZATION OF LIGHT IN POLYMER FILMS, MODIFIED WITH METAL OXIDE NANOCLUSTERS

Abstract

The article describes the results of studies of photopolymerizable epoxyacrylate compositions containing nanometer-sized additions of metal oxides. The results obtained showed the possibility of obtaining compositions that have the effect of luminescence when the content of the solid phase of zinc oxide is 4 wt.%. A graphical model is proposed that reflects the picture of the diffusion motion of light inside a polymer matrix with a dispersive light scatterer, and a mathematical calculation of the conditions for the appearance of luminescence is carried out. On the basis of the experiments and calculations performed, an assumption was made about the prospects of considering the obtained material as a meta-material, the use of which will determine the properties of the crystalline quasi-structure that arise during the curing of the system using the UV- curing technology.