Refractive index engineering of polymer by dispersing nanoparticles

Masamichi Tokutake; Kyoji Komatsu; Okihiro Sugihara; Toshikuni Kaino; Nobuyuki Kambe

Refractive index engineering of polymer by dispersing nanoparticles

Masamichi Tokutake, Kyoji Komatsu, Okihiro Sugihara, Toshikuni Kaino, Nobuyuki Kambe

Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM)

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Abstract

To control refractive indices of polymer for optical waveguides, TiO ₂ nanoparticles were introduced to transparent epoxy resin. The surface of TiO ₂ nanoparticles was treated by silane coupling agent: 2-(3,4-epoxycyclohexyl)ethyltrimethoxysilane. After mixing the surface-treated TiO ₂ nanoparticles with diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A, the epoxy groups were crosslinked with the phthalic anhydride. SEM images suggested that TiO ₂ nanoparticles were uniformly dispersed in the polymer matrix. Refractive index of nanocomposites was linearly increased with an increase in TiO ₂ nanoparticles content. Refractive index of obtained nanocomposites went up to 1.77.

Original language	English
Pages	4416-4417
Number of pages	2
Publication status	Published - 2005 Dec 1
Event	54th SPSJ Symposium on Macromolecules - Yamagata, Japan Duration: 2005 Sep 20 → 2005 Sep 22

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Other	54th SPSJ Symposium on Macromolecules
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Yamagata
Period	05/9/20 → 05/9/22

Keywords

Hybrid material
Refractive index
TiO nanoparticle

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Engineering(all)

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