In:
MRS Proceedings, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 374 ( 1994)
Abstract:
Extensively conjugated polymer films with excellent morphology, homogeneity, robustness, and nonlinear optical coefficients have been synthesized in the flowing afterglow of a lowpressure argon plasma. Polymers of benzene, thiophene, furan, and napthalene are among the systems studied. The polymers, which grow by accretion of positive ions through a low-voltage sheath, have bulk and surface textures which scale systematically with film thickness. The hopes and perils of employing these new materials as active elements in gradient-index reflectors and optical switches will be described, as will the link between morphology and deposition mechanism.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0272-9172
,
1946-4274
DOI:
10.1557/PROC-374-123
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Publication Date:
1994
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