Stoichiometric thiol-to-ene ratio dependences of refractive index modulation and shrinkage of volume gratings recorded in photopolymerizable nanoparticle-polymer composites based onstep-growth polymerization
Spectroscopic, photocalorimetric and holographic measurements are conducted to investigate effects of stoichiometric thiol-to-ene ratio on the polymerization dynamics, refractive index modulation, recording sensitivity and polymerization shrinkage of volume gratings recorded in silica nanoparticle-p...
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Published in | Optical materials express Vol. 1; no. 6; pp. 1113 - 1120 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
01.10.2011
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Summary: | Spectroscopic, photocalorimetric and holographic measurements are conducted to investigate effects of stoichiometric thiol-to-ene ratio on the polymerization dynamics, refractive index modulation, recording sensitivity and polymerization shrinkage of volume gratings recorded in silica nanoparticle-polymer composite films based on step-growth radical addition polymerization. It is found that the polymerization rate of the composite system is maximized at the stoichiometric thiol-ene composition. It is also found that while the refractive index modulation and the recording sensitivity are maximized at the stoichiometric thiol-ene composition, polymerization shrinkage decreases with increasing the thiol monomer fraction. A negative correlation between gel point conversion and shrinkage is observed. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 2159-3930 2159-3930 |
DOI: | 10.1364/OME.1.001113 |