Near-UV Narrow-Band Luminescence of Polyethylene
and Polytetrafluoroethylene

M. E. Kompan* and I. G. Aksyanov

Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Politekhnicheskaya ul. 26, St. Petersburg, 194021 Russia

*e-mail: kompan@mail.ioffe.ru

Received August 21, 2008

Abstract—Narrow-band luminescence has been observed at the short-wavelength edge of the luminescence
spectrum of polyethylene and polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon), polymers in wide use today. The characteristics
of this luminescence permit its assignment to the radiation emitted in recombination of ruptured C–C bonds of
polymer chains.

PACS numbers: 78.55.Kz, 71.35.-y

DOI: 10.1134/S1063783409050291

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