Effects of Low-Frequency Randomly Polarized Electromagnetic Radiation, As Revealed Upon Swelling of Polymer Membrane in Water with Different Isotopic Compositions

Overview

Journal Materials (Basel)

Publisher MDPI

Date 2023 Jul 14

PMID 37444935

Authors

Sergey V Gudkov

Maxim E Astashev

Ilya V Baymler

Polina N Bolotskova

Valery A Kozlov

Alexander V Simakin

Minh T Khuong

Polina A Fomina

Nikolai F Bunkin

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Abstract

Photoluminescence from the surface of Nafion polymer membrane upon swelling in water under irradiation by electromagnetic waves at a frequency of 100 MHz was studied. In these experiments, natural deionized (DI) water with a deuterium content of 157 ppm and deuterium-depleted water (DDW, deuterium content is 1 ppm) were explored. We have studied for the first time the effect of linearly and randomly polarized low-frequency electromagnetic radiation on the luminescence excitation. To obtain low-frequency electromagnetic radiation with random polarizations, anisotropic solid submicron-sized particles, which result in depolarization effects upon scattering of the initially linearly polarized radiation, were used. We compared two types of colloidal particles: spherically symmetric (isotropic) and elongated (anisotropic). If the radiation is linearly polarized, the intensity of luminescence from the Nafion surface decreases exponentially as the polymer is soaked, and such a behavior is observed both in natural DI water and DDW. When spherically symmetric submicron-sized particles are added to a liquid sample, the luminescence intensity also decreases exponentially upon swelling in both natural DI water and DDW. At the same time, when anisotropic submicron-sized particles are added to DI water, random jumps in the luminescence intensity appear during swelling. At the same time, the exponential decrease in the luminescence intensity is retained upon swelling in DDW. A qualitative theoretical model for the occurrence of random jumps in the luminescence intensity is presented.

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