Functionalized Fluorinated Hyperbranched Polymers for Optical Waveguide Applications

Fluorinated dendritic or hyperbranched polymers are demonstrated for the first time to be potentially useful for optical waveguide applications, for example in telecommunications. The required materials properties include the control of the refractive index over a wide range and UV‐crosslinking for...

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Published inAdvanced materials (Weinheim) Vol. 13; no. 19; pp. 1483 - 1487
Main Authors Pitois, C., Wiesmann, D., Lindgren, M., Hult, A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH 01.10.2001
WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH
Subjects
analogs
dendrimers
Dendritic polymers
ethers
functionalized
Hyperbranched polymers
Hyperbranched polymers, functionalized
NATURAL SCIENCES
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one-step synthesis
wave-guides
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Summary:Fluorinated dendritic or hyperbranched polymers are demonstrated for the first time to be potentially useful for optical waveguide applications, for example in telecommunications. The required materials properties include the control of the refractive index over a wide range and UV‐crosslinking for ease of processing and stable long‐term mechanical properties. The authors report the synthesis of suitable functionalized fluorinated hyperbranched polymers and how the above requirements can be met by functionalization at the periphery of the polymers.
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ISSN:0935-9648
1521-4095
1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/1521-4095(200110)13:19<1483::AID-ADMA1483>3.0.CO;2-D