A Neural Network Approach for Estimating the PSD of a Polymer Latex from Combined Optical Measurements

STEGMAYER, G. S.; GONZALEZ, V. D. G.; GUGLIOTTA, L. M.; CHIOTTI, O.; VEGA, J. R.

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Congreso; 8th International Congress on Optical Particle Characterization OPC 2007; 2007

This work aims at developing an artificial neural network for estimating the PSD of a dilute latex, from combined ELS and DLS measurements, and without solving any inverse problem[2]. The network is fed with: (i) the ELS measurement; i.e. the light intensity scattered at different detection angles (qr); and (ii) the average diameter at each qr, obtained from the DLS measurement.