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Preparation and Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties of Host-Guest Molecular Composites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Samson A. Jenekhe ,
Michael F. Roberts ,
Jeffrey S. Meth  and
Herman Vanherzeele
Samson A. Jenekhe
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Center for Photoinduced Charge Transfer, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, 14627-0166
Michael F. Roberts
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Center for Photoinduced Charge Transfer, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, 14627-0166
Jeffrey S. Meth
Affiliation:
DuPont CR&D, P.O. Box 80356, Wilmington, Delaware, 19880-0356
Herman Vanherzeele
Affiliation:
DuPont CR&D, P.O. Box 80356, Wilmington, Delaware, 19880-0356
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Abstract

Host-guest molecular composites of conjugated rigid-rod polymers in the matrix of flexible-chain polymers were prepared from blend solutions of the Lewis acid complexes of the component polymers. Molecular composites of poly(p-phenylene benzobisthiazole) (PBZT) with the polyamides Nylon 66 and PTMHT were prepared and their linear and nonlinear optical properties were investigated by optical absorption and third harmonic generation spectroscopy, respectively. Dispersion of PBZT in a polyamide matrix was found to result in reduced π-electron interactions as evidenced by the narrowing of the main absorption band. The χ(3) spectra of composites were measured in the wavelength range 0.8–2.4μm which spans the resonant and nonresonant regions. Nonresonant χ(3) at 1.9μtm was studied as a function of composite composition and linear and nonlinear dependences of χ(3) with mole fraction of PBZT were observed for nylon 66 and PTMHT composites respectively. Our findings that both χ(3) and χ(3)/α can be enhanced in molecular composites suggest that this is an important approach to optimize materials for nonlinear optics. Preliminary results of our studies of other new molecular composites of rigid-rod and ladder polymers are also discussed.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 277: Symposium V – Macromolecular Host-Guest Complexes: Optical, Optoelectronic, and Photorefractive Properties and Applications , 1992 , 189
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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