Refractive index engineering of polymer by dispersing titanium dioxide nanoparticles

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

Refractive index engineering of polymer by dispersing titanium dioxide nanoparticles

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

Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM)

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Abstract

Many optical application fields of polymers exist by increasing their refractive indices. To realize high refractive index polymer, TiO₂ nanoparticles were mixed to epoxy polymer. TiO₂ nanoparticle surface was treated with silane coupling agent, 2-(3,4-epoxycyclohexyl) ethyltrimethoxysilane to make chemical bonds between TiO₂ and epoxy polymer. Thus, it became possible to introduce high concentration TiO ₂ nanoparticle into the polymer. The refractive index of this nanocomposite reached 1.9 without significant reduction of its transparency.

Original language	English
Pages	4704-4705
Number of pages	2
Publication status	Published - 2006 Dec 1
Event	55th Society of Polymer Science Japan Symposium on Macromolecules - Toyama, Japan Duration: 2006 Sep 20 → 2006 Sep 22

Other

Other	55th Society of Polymer Science Japan Symposium on Macromolecules
Country	Japan
City	Toyama
Period	06/9/20 → 06/9/22

Keywords

Composite
Refractive index
Surface treatment
TiO nanoparticle
Transparency

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Engineering(all)

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