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Optimized Processing Condition for a Photocrosslinkable Stable Nonlinear Optical Polymer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Jun Y. Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854
Woo H. Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854
Braja K. Mandal
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854
Jayant Kumar
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854
Sukant K. Tripathy
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854
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Abstract

The optimum processing condition for a photocrosslinking Nonlinear Optical(NLO) polymeric system was established. Parameters such as change in heat capacity at glass transition temperature, rate of decrease of absorbance of residual uncrosslinked chromophores, and measurement of mass loss upon heating were used to set up the optimum condition. Poly(vinyl cinnamate) was used as the photocrosslinkable polymer and 3- cinnamoyloxy-4-[4-(N, N-diethylamino)-2-cinnamoyloxy phenyl azo] nitrobenzene was used as the NLO molecule. Poling at 70°C for 5 minutes followed by photocrosslinking with a dose of 2.5 mW/cm 2 for 10 minutes results in a stable second order nonlinear optical material.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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