Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1994 · 14 citations · 0 references
Materials ScienceChemical EngineeringEngineeringElectronic MaterialsNanomaterialsSol-gel TransitionOrganic-inorganic Hybrid MaterialLow Conductivity SystemsPolymer CompositesPolymer NanocompositesChemistryInorganic PolymerHybrid MaterialsFunctional MaterialsInorganic-organic CompositesSol-gel SynthesisPolymers
Various compositions of inorganic-organic composites (ormocers and nanocomposites) have been synthesized and used as matrices for NLO push-pull molecules. It has been shown that dielectric properties and electrical conductivity during the sol-gel transition (curing parallel to corona poling) are the most important factors for obtaining high (Chi) <SUP>(2</SUP>) efficiencies. With low conductivity systems, (Chi) <SUP>(2</SUP>) values up to 9.7 pm/v have been obtained.