DUAN Jinglai1, 2 LIU Jie1 ZHU Zhiyong3 WANG Zhiguang1 SUN Youmei1 HOU Mingdong1 JIN Yunfan1 YAO Huijun1, 2 SONG Yin1 ZHAO Zhiming1, et al. Effects of UV light illumination on track etching in polycarbonate[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2005, (9): 684-687.
DUAN Jinglai1, 2 LIU Jie1 ZHU Zhiyong3 WANG Zhiguang1 SUN Youmei1 HOU Mingdong1 JIN Yunfan1 YAO Huijun1, 2 SONG Yin1 ZHAO Zhiming1, et al. Effects of UV light illumination on track etching in polycarbonate[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2005, (9): 684-687.DOI:
Effects of UV light illumination on track etching in polycarbonate
Nuclear track membranes offer distinct advantages over conventional membranes due to their precisely determined structure. Their pore size
shape and density can be controlled intentionally so that a membrane with the required characteristics can be produced. The track etching technology plays a most important role in the production of nuclear track membranes. The effects of pretreatment using UV light illumination on track etching of polycarbonate (PC) track membranes were investigated in this work. PC films illuminated by UV light showed a strong enhancement in the track etching rate. Furthermore
the track etching rate had a linear increase with illumination time. The phenomenon is attributed to the oxygen-assisted photo-degradation through generating new photo-unstable species. In this paper
the conductance measurement is also presented
which is a popular method used in etching technology.