Synthesis, characterizations and electro-optical properties of nonlinear optical polyimide/silica hybrid

Transparent Nonlinear Optical (NLO) inorganic/organic (polyimide/silica) hybrid composites with covalent links between the inorganic and the organic networks were prepared by the sol-gel method. The silica content in the hybrid films was varied from 0 to 22.5/wt%. The prepared PI hybrids were charac...

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description Transparent Nonlinear Optical (NLO) inorganic/organic (polyimide/silica) hybrid composites with covalent links between the inorganic and the organic networks were prepared by the sol-gel method. The silica content in the hybrid films was varied from 0 to 22.5/wt%. The prepared PI hybrids were characterized by IR, UV-Vis, Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). They exhibited fair good optical transparency. The SiO2 phase was well dispersed in the polymer matrix. DSC and TGA results showed that these hybrid materials had excellent thermal stability. The polymer solutions could be spin coated on the indium-tin-oxide (ITO) glass to form optical quality thin films. The electro-optic coefficients (γ33) at the wavelength of 832 nm for polymer thin films poled were in the range of 19-27 pm/V.
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spelling doaj-art-94f07bfc063e489096f2cc795350bafc2025-08-20T03:57:08ZengBudapest University of Technology and EconomicseXPRESS Polymer Letters1788-618X2007-03-011315015610.3144/expresspolymlett.2007.24Synthesis, characterizations and electro-optical properties of nonlinear optical polyimide/silica hybridTransparent Nonlinear Optical (NLO) inorganic/organic (polyimide/silica) hybrid composites with covalent links between the inorganic and the organic networks were prepared by the sol-gel method. The silica content in the hybrid films was varied from 0 to 22.5/wt%. The prepared PI hybrids were characterized by IR, UV-Vis, Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). They exhibited fair good optical transparency. The SiO2 phase was well dispersed in the polymer matrix. DSC and TGA results showed that these hybrid materials had excellent thermal stability. The polymer solutions could be spin coated on the indium-tin-oxide (ITO) glass to form optical quality thin films. The electro-optic coefficients (γ33) at the wavelength of 832 nm for polymer thin films poled were in the range of 19-27 pm/V.http://www.expresspolymlett.com/letolt.php?file=EPL-0000061&mi=cdPolymer compositesnonlinear opticalhybridelectro-optical property
spellingShingle Synthesis, characterizations and electro-optical properties of nonlinear optical polyimide/silica hybrid
eXPRESS Polymer Letters
Polymer composites
nonlinear optical
hybrid
electro-optical property
title Synthesis, characterizations and electro-optical properties of nonlinear optical polyimide/silica hybrid
title_full Synthesis, characterizations and electro-optical properties of nonlinear optical polyimide/silica hybrid
title_fullStr Synthesis, characterizations and electro-optical properties of nonlinear optical polyimide/silica hybrid
title_full_unstemmed Synthesis, characterizations and electro-optical properties of nonlinear optical polyimide/silica hybrid
title_short Synthesis, characterizations and electro-optical properties of nonlinear optical polyimide/silica hybrid
title_sort synthesis characterizations and electro optical properties of nonlinear optical polyimide silica hybrid
topic Polymer composites
nonlinear optical
hybrid
electro-optical property
url http://www.expresspolymlett.com/letolt.php?file=EPL-0000061&mi=cd