Molecules (Aug 2018)

Gelatin as a Photosensitive Material

  • Sergio Calixto,
  • Nina Ganzherli,
  • Sergey Gulyaev,
  • Susana Figueroa-Gerstenmaier

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules23082064
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 8
p. 2064

Abstract

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Because this issue journal is dedicated to Gelatin, here we present a few applications of gelatin in the field of optics. Optics is the science that studies the production, propagation, interaction and detection of light. Various materials sensitive to light (photosensitive) are used for detection of light, such as photomultipliers, CCDs, crystals, two dimensional (2D) materials and more. Among the 2D materials, the most popular for several centuries has been gelatin based photographic emulsion, which records spatial distributions of light. More recently (1970), films made of Gelatin with Dichromate (DCG) and dyes have been used. We describe some characteristics and applications of these two photosensitive materials. We also describe examples where gelatin is used as a Relative Humidity (RH) sensor and in the fabrication of optical elements based on gelatin. This article is intended for researchers outside the optics community.

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