DONOR-EMBEDDED NONLINEAR-OPTICAL SIDE-CHAIN POLYIMIDES CONTAINING NO FLEXIBLE TETHER - MATERIALS OF EXCEPTIONAL THERMAL-STABILITY FOR ELECTROOPTIC APPLICATIONS

Authors
MILLER RD BURLAND DM JURICH M LEE VY MOYLAN CR THACKARA JI TWIEG RJ VERBIEST T VOLKSEN W
Citation
Rd. Miller et al., DONOR-EMBEDDED NONLINEAR-OPTICAL SIDE-CHAIN POLYIMIDES CONTAINING NO FLEXIBLE TETHER - MATERIALS OF EXCEPTIONAL THERMAL-STABILITY FOR ELECTROOPTIC APPLICATIONS, Macromolecules, 28(14), 1995, pp. 4970-4974
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Macromolecules → ACNP
ISSN journal
00249297
Volume
28
Issue
14
Year of publication
1995
Pages
4970 - 4974
Database
ISI
SICI code
0024-9297(1995)28:14<4970:DNSPCN>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We describe here the preparation and characterization of the first pro cessible nonlinear optical (NLO) polyimide where the chromophore is no t incorporated using a flexible tether functionality. The polymer has a very high glass temperature and shows exceptional thermal and chemic al stability. Poled samples also show outstanding orientational stabil ity, consistent in part with the high glass transition temperature.