Pierre-Richard Dahoo & Philippe Pougnet 
Nanometer-scale Defect Detection Using Polarized Light 

This book describes the methods used to detect material defects at the nanoscale. The authors present different theories, polarization states and interactions of light with matter, in particular optical techniques using polarized light.

Combining experimental techniques of polarized light analysis with techniques based on theoretical or statistical models to study faults or buried interfaces of mechatronic systems, the authors define the range of validity of measurements of carbon nanotube properties. The combination of theory and pratical methods presented throughout this book provide the reader with an insight into the current understanding of physicochemical processes affecting the properties of materials at the nanoscale.

Tabella dei contenuti

Chapter 1 Multivariate Statistical Principal Component Analysis (PCA)

Chapter 2 Reliability Optimization of Systems

Chapter 3 Wave-Particle Nature of Light

Chapter 4 Polarisation States of Light

Chapter 5 Interaction of Light and Matter

Chapter 6 Experimental Techniques with Polarized Light

Chapter 7 Defects in Heterogeneous Media of Model Systems

Chapter 8 Defects at Interfaces

Chapter 9 Application to Nanomaterials

Circa l’autore

Pierre Richard Dahoo is Professor at the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin in France. His research interests include absorption spectroscopy, laser-induced fluorescence, ellipsometry, optical molecules, industrial materials, modeling and simulation. He is program manager of the Chair Materials Simulation and Engineering of UVSQ.

Philippe Pougnet is a Doctor in Engineering. He is an expert in reliability and product-process technology at Valeo and is currently working for the Vedecom Institute in Versailles, France. He is in charge of assessing the reliability of innovative power electronic systems.

Abdelkhalak El Hami is Professor at the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA-Rouen) in France and is in charge of the Normandy Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers (CNAM) Chair of Mechanics, as well as several European pedagogical projects.