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Cross-linkable Highly Fluorinated Polymers with Tunable Refractive Index

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Yinghua Qi ,
Jia Jiang ,
Claire L. Callender ,
Jianfu Ding  and
Michael Day
Yinghua Qi
Affiliation:
yinghua.qi@nrc.ca, National Research Council Canada, Institute for chemical process and environmental technology, 1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6, Canada, 1 (613)9911574, 1(613)9912384
Jia Jiang
Affiliation:
jia.jiang@crc.ca, Communications Research Centre Canada, Canada
Claire L. Callender
Affiliation:
claire.callender@crc.ca, Communications Research Centre Canada, Canada
Jianfu Ding
Affiliation:
jianfu.ding@nrc.ca, National Research Council Canada, Institute for chemical process and environmental technology
Michael Day
Affiliation:
michael.day@nrc.ca, National Research Council Canada, Institute for chemical process and environmental technology
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Abstract

Novel cross-linkable, highly fluorinated poly(arylene ether ketone/sulfone)s have been prepared by copolycondensation reactions of a perfluorinated aromatic ketone or sulfone with 4,4'-(hexafluoroisopropylidene)diphenol (6F-BPA)/4,4'-isopropylidene bis(2,6-dibromophenol) (4Br-BPA) and a tetrafluorostyrol-containing bisphenol, at low temperature in the presence of calcium hydride and cesium fluoride. Property investigations have shown that these polymers can be easily processed into thin films, have good thermal stability, and exhibit low optical loss at 1550 nm (0.4 – 0.5 dB/cm). The refractive index can be tailored over a range of 1.50 to 1.57, allowing the polymers to be used as both core and cladding materials in optical waveguiding applications.

Keywords

optical propertiespolymerdevices
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 888: Symposium V – Materials and Devices for Smart Systems II , 2005 , 0888-V09-21
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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