An alternate synthetic approach for soluble nonlinear optical polyimides

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Three functionalized second-order nonlinear optical polyimides were synthesized by the step growth polymerization reaction between a chromophore-containing dianhydride and three different diamine compounds. This alternate approach (i.e., incorporating a nonlinear chromophore into a dianhydride monomer) may avoid troublesome syntheses of the chromophore-containing diamine and can provide easy preparation of the polyimides with various chromophores. The number-average molecular weights (M-n) of final polymers determined by GPC ranged between 10 000 and 16 800 (M-w/M-n = 1.59-2.28). No melting was detected and they showed relatively low glass-transition temperatures ranging from 161 to 181 degrees C. They are readily soluble in aprotic polar solvents such as tetrahydrofuran, N,N-dimethylformamide, N-methylpyrrolidinone, and so forth. High optical quality films were prepared by spin casting from a 10 wt % cyclohexanone or N-methylpyrrolidinone solution. The second harmonic generation (SHG) coefficients, d(33), of the polymers were determined to be 24-37 pm/V (d(33)(infinity) = 7-1.0 pm/V) at a fundamental wavelength of 1064 nm. All of the poled polymer samples showed outstanding orientational stability up to 125 degrees C without any measurable decay of the SHG signal. In particular, the polyimide with a 4,4'-(hexafluoroisopropylidene)dianiline unit (PI-2-DANS) showed the best dynamical thermal stability of the poling-induced dipole! alignment up to ca. 170 degrees C.
Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
Issue Date
1999-02
Language
English
Article Type
Article
Keywords

CHAIN AROMATIC POLYIMIDES; SIDE-CHAIN; THERMAL-STABILITY; 2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION; 2ND-ORDER NONLINEARITY; ELECTROOPTIC COEFFICIENTS; ELECTRIC-FIELD; WAVE-GUIDES; GUEST-HOST; POLYMERS

Citation

CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, v.11, no.2, pp.218 - 226

ISSN
0897-4756
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10203/78028
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CH-Journal Papers(저널논문)
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