26-06-2019

This application note presents reproducibility study on a rapid, automated polymer degradation setup that introduces user-settable ultraviolet (UV) light, reactant gas and controlled temperature in a closed system.

Environmental conditions play a critical role on polymer lifetime, and traditional degradation study takes time ranging from hours to days due to limited light intensity. CDS’s Photoprobe is using free-space focusing technology and improves the light intensity to 800 mW/mm2 from 260 nm to 400 nm wavelength, which reduces the time on weather-induced degradation study down to minutes.

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