A Center for Advanced Electrical and Structural Polymers

Abstract

Electrical and optical properties have been investigated in which the main focus of attention has been the conjugated macromolecule, poly-p-phenylene vinylene, its analogues, derivatives, copolymers and blends. The potential of PPV as a conducting polymer has been amply demonstrated and more recently it has been shown that this polymer has relatively high third order non-linear optical characteristics and, of equal importance, can be fabricated into oriented films and into blends with silica glass which have optical transmittances commensurate with device fabrication. New advanced ultrastructural polymer blends have been developed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 31, 1988
Accession Number
ADA212853

Entities

People

  • Frank E Karasz

Organizations

  • University of Massachusetts Amherst

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkenes
  • Biomedical And Dental Materials
  • Block Copolymers
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Diffraction
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Optical Properties
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Polymeric Films
  • Rigid Rod Polymers
  • Scattering
  • Spectroscopy

Readers

  • Polymer Science and Technology
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics