Realization of New and Enhanced Materials Properties Through Nanostructural Control

Abstract

This research focuses on: (1) Organic electro-optic materials with the objective of realizing materials characterized by electro-optic coefficients greater than 300 pm/V at telecommunication wavelengths and which pass telecordial standards. New processing techniques were developed for fabrication 3-D devices and circuits and for achieving low insertion loss electro-optic devices including active wavelength division multiplexing WDM transmitter/receiver systems. During this period of time, the Dalton research group served as the national resource for state-of-the-art electro-optic materials providing materials to DoD laboratories, DoE labs, NIST researchers industry, and academic researchers. (2) Metal core dendrimer materials were developed for applications as sensors organic light emitting diodes, and light harvesting solar cell coatings. Materials were designed for improved emission properties and photochemical stability both by systematic design of the chelated metal and by design of the surrounding dendrimer structure. Materials were provided to DoD and NASA laboratories and to industry.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 15, 2006
Accession Number
ADA448855

Entities

People

  • Larry Dalton

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemistry
  • Composite Materials
  • Crystal Structure
  • Electro-Optic Modulators
  • Electronics Industry
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Light Emitting Diodes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Nanotechnology
  • Optical Fibers
  • Optical Properties
  • Optoelectronic Devices
  • Organic Light Emitting Diodes
  • Photonic Crystals
  • Physical Theories

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics