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Asymmetrical Diphenylpolyene Pendant Polymers for Nonlinear Optical Activity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Linda S. Sapochak
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 90089-1062
David W. Polis
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 90089-1062
Larry R. Dalton
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 90089-1062
Charles W. Spangler
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, 60115
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Abstract

Recent activity in the development of nonlinear optical (NLO) materials with high second order susceptibilities has prompted the development of a wide variety of pendant polymers which possess desirable properties for device development, including high Tg minimal relaxation of the poled matrix, and high laser damage threshold. Ideal candidates for such systems are asymmetrically substituted oligomers of polyacetylenes such as dimethylaminonitrostilbene (DANS) and corresponding higher order oligomers. We report here a preliminary study of the synthesis of asymmetrically substituted donor/acceptor diphenyl-capped polyenes and thienylene vinylene oligomers attached as pendant moieties on polyvinylphenol (PVP) for second harmonic generation.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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