A new method for estimating the extinction efficiency of polystyrene microsphere by micro-FTIR spectroscopy

作者:Pang, Shu-Feng*; Wang, Jing; Zhang, Yun; Leng, Chun-Bo; Zhang, Yun-Hong
来源:Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy , 2017, 181: 249-253.
DOI:10.1016/j.saa.2017.03.063

摘要

The IR spectra of a single, isolated polystyrene sphere with diameter of 4.46 mu m under different aperture sizes have been measured by Micro-FTIR spectrometer and the scattering signal can be seen obviously. Based on Mie scattering theory, a feasible method has been proposed to estimate the extinction efficiency (Q(ext)) of micro-sphere. Q(ext) from Mid-IR spectroscopy is consistent well with that derived from MiePlot software. It shows that the extinction efficiency of microsphere with the size of the Mid-IR range (2.5 mu m -25 mu m), which exhibits weak IR absorption, can be obtained by using the present method based on recorded Micro-FTIR spectra.