Luminescent polystyrene films, a novel way to reduce styrofoam residues



Document title: Luminescent polystyrene films, a novel way to reduce styrofoam residues
Journal: Revista mexicana de física
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000388879
ISSN: 0035-001X
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Física, México, Distrito Federal. México
2Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, México, Distrito Federal. México
3Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Escuela Superior, Apan, Hidalgo. México
4Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, México, Distrito Federal. México
5Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca, Instituto de Física y Matemáticas, Oaxaca. México
Year:
Season: Sep-Oct
Volumen: 61
Number: 5
Pages: 323-329
Country: México
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, teórico
English abstract Polystyrene (PS) films doped with blue, yellow and red organic pigments have been deposited on glass and on commercial LED chips by spray pyrolysis using recycled PS as precursor, at deposition rates between 100 and 200 Å/s. Doped films have roughness between 100 and 2500 Å depending on the kind of pigment used; the surface morphology shows that the organic pigments incorporate into the polystyrene host forming globular particles of about 2 μm in diameter. The organic pigments used have luminescent emissions peaked at 440, 509 and 590 nm. The introduction of the proper combination of pigments on the PS film deposited on the LED chips renders a white light emission with (0.29, 0.37) and (0.30, 0.33) CIE (Commission international de l' eclairage) color coordinates. It was determined that the exposure to violet light degrades the luminescent characteristics, however, blue light is not energetic enough to cause a degradation of the luminescent layer over similar period of time
Disciplines: Física y astronomía,
Ingeniería
Keyword: Optica,
Ingeniería de materiales,
Atomización pirolítica,
Películas poliméricas,
Poliestireno,
Emisiones de luz blanca
Keyword: Physics and astronomy,
Engineering,
Optics,
Materials engineering,
Spray pyrolysis,
Polymeric films,
Polystyrene,
White light emission
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