The Sense of Chromophore Orientation in Films Made by Alternating Polyelectrolyte Deposition

Abstract

Alternating polyelectrolyte deposition (APD) is a technique for fabricating multilayer thin films at room temperature. The substrate is alternately dipped in two different aqueous solutions - one containing a polycation and the other a polyanion. By incorporating chromophores in the polycation and/or polyanion, it has been demonstrated that the APD process can be used to make multilayer second order nonlinear optical polymer films. In addition, a recent encouraging discovery is that these films exhibit a high degree of thermal robustness.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA383869

Entities

People

  • M. J. Roberts
  • Warren N. Herman

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aqueous Solutions
  • Chemistry
  • Chromophores
  • Detectors
  • Electrolytes
  • Films
  • Hydrophilic Properties
  • Hydrophobic Properties
  • Interferograms
  • Materials
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Polyelectrolytes
  • Polymeric Films
  • Polymers
  • Substrates
  • Thin Films

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

Readers

  • Polymer Science and Technology
  • Semiconductor Device Technology