Polymer characterizations via terahertz spectroscopy******

拟议的研究项目是加拿大公司TETechS Inc.和研究人员在不列颠哥伦比亚省的奥卡诺根校园。TETechS是太赫兹光谱新兴市场的先驱，该公司在使用太赫兹光谱探测塑料产品的（化学）成分和（物理）形式方面取得了特别成功。太赫兹光谱非常适合这种应用，因为它所应用的太赫兹辐射可以有效地穿透并识别此类产品中存在的聚合物。TETechS已经成功地将太赫兹光谱技术商业化，以满足塑料制造商的需求，但通过这些工作，他们发现了一个关键的挑战。挑战出现在具有多层聚合物的塑料产品的表征中。这些多层聚合物使得难以提取每种聚合物的单独组成和形式。该研究项目旨在解决这一问题 *。拟议的研究项目将让不列颠哥伦比亚省大学的研究人员开发一种分析求解器，可以处理测量的太赫兹光谱，并提取存在的多层聚合物的详细成分和形式。UBC的研究人员是唯一有资格从事这项工作。该团队在太赫兹光谱及其在聚合物上的应用方面拥有丰富的经验，他们渴望应对TETechS Inc.* 所面临的挑战。

The proposed research project is an initiative between the Canadian company TETechS Inc. and researchers at the University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus. TETechS is a pioneer in the emerging market of terahertz spectroscopy, and the company has had particular success in using terahertz spectroscopy to probe the (chemical) composition and (physical) form of plastic products. Terahertz spectroscopy is ideally suited to this application because the terahertz radiation that it applies can effectively penetrate and identify the polymers that are present in such products.****TETechS has been successful in commercializing terahertz spectroscopy to the needs of plastic manufacturers, but through such work they have identified a critical challenge. The challenge arises in characterizations of plastic products having multiple layers of polymers. These multilayered polymers make it difficult to extract each polymer's individual composition and form. The proposed research project targets this challenge.****The proposed research project will have the researchers at the University of British Columbia develop an analytical solver that can process the measured terahertz spectra and extract the detailed composition and form of multilayered polymers that are present. The UBC researchers are uniquely qualified for this work. The team has extensive experience in terahertz spectroscopy and its use on polymers, and they are eager to tackle the challenge faced by TETechS Inc.****