Optical Birefringence Growth Driven by Magnetic Field in Liquids: The Case of Dibutyl Phosphate/Propylamine System
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Part
2.1. Materials
2.2. Method
2.2.1. Sample Preparation
2.2.2. Measurement of Magnetically-Induced Optical Birefringence
3. Theoretical Background
3.1. Magnetically Induced Birefringence in Liquids
3.2. Magnetically Induced Birefringence in Absence of Permanent Magnetic Dipoles
3.3. Sign of Induced Birefringence
4. Results
5. Discussion
5.1. Data
5.2. Modeling
6. Perspectives
7. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Pochylski, M.; Lombardo, D.; Calandra, P. Optical Birefringence Growth Driven by Magnetic Field in Liquids: The Case of Dibutyl Phosphate/Propylamine System. Appl. Sci. 2020, 10, 164. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10010164
Pochylski M, Lombardo D, Calandra P. Optical Birefringence Growth Driven by Magnetic Field in Liquids: The Case of Dibutyl Phosphate/Propylamine System. Applied Sciences. 2020; 10(1):164. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10010164
Chicago/Turabian StylePochylski, Mikolaj, Domenico Lombardo, and Pietro Calandra. 2020. "Optical Birefringence Growth Driven by Magnetic Field in Liquids: The Case of Dibutyl Phosphate/Propylamine System" Applied Sciences 10, no. 1: 164. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10010164