Functionalized Fluorinated Hyperbranched Polymers for Optical Waveguide Applications

• Published in: Advanced materials (Weinheim) Vol. 13; no. 19; pp. 1483 - 1487
• Main Authors: Pitois, C., Wiesmann, D., Lindgren, M., Hult, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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; NATURVETENSKAP; one-step synthesis; wave-guides

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...