Structure-property correlations in fluoroaryl functionalized inorganic-organic hybrid polymers for telecom applications
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description: The development and in-depth characterization of new fluoroaryl functionalized ORMOCER® materials (inorganic-organic hybrid polymers) for optical waveguide applications in telecommunication is presented. The preparation of the materials included precursor silane synthesis, hydrolysis/polycondensation of organoalkoxysilane mixtures, and photolithographic processing of the resulting oligosiloxane resins in order to establish the inorganic-organic hybrid network. During all stages of ORMOCER® preparation, structure-property relations were deduced from characterization data, particularly with respect to low optical loss in the important near-infrared spectral region as well as refractive index. With the aid of molecular modeling, structural characteristics of oligomeric intermediates were visualized, which was found valuable in the fundamental understanding of the material class. The material development started with the syntheses of a variety of commercially unavailable fluorinated and unfluorinated arylalkoxysilanes by means of Grignard and hydrosilylation pathways, respectively. A survey of silane optical properties, particularly their absorptions at the telecom wavelengths 1310 nm and 1550 nm, gave an impulse to the choice of suitable precursors for the preparation of low-loss ORMOCER® resins. Accordingly, precursor silane mixtures and hydrolysis/polycondensation reaction conditions were chosen and optimized with regard to low contents of C-H and Si-OH functions. Thus, absorptions as low as 0.04 dB/cm at 1310 nm and 0.18 dB/cm at 1550 nm, respectively, could be obtained from an oligosiloxane resin based on pentafluorophenyltrimethoxysilane (1) mixed with pentafluorophenyl(vinyl)-dimethoxysilane (5). In order to improve the organic crosslinkability under photolithographic processing conditions, further resins on the basis of the aforementioned were prepared, which additionally incorporated the styrene-analogous precursor 4-vinyltetrafluorophenyl-trimethoxysilane (4).…
abstract: The development and in-depth characterization of new fluoroaryl functionalized ORMOCER® materials (inorganic-organic hybrid polymers) for optical waveguide applications in telecommunication is presented. The preparation of the materials included precursor silane synthesis, hydrolysis/polycondensation of organoalkoxysilane mixtures, and photolithographic processing of the resulting oligosiloxane resins in order to establish the inorganic-organic hybrid network. During all stages of ORMOCER® preparation, structure-property relations were deduced from characterization data, particularly with respect to low optical loss in the important near-infrared spectral region as well as refractive index. With the aid of molecular modeling, structural characteristics of oligomeric intermediates were visualized, which was found valuable in the fundamental understanding of the material class. The material development started with the syntheses of a variety of commercially unavailable fluorinated and unfluorinated arylalkoxysilanes by means of Grignard and hydrosilylation pathways, respectively. A survey of silane optical properties, particularly their absorptions at the telecom wavelengths 1310 nm and 1550 nm, gave an impulse to the choice of suitable precursors for the preparation of low-loss ORMOCER® resins. Accordingly, precursor silane mixtures and hydrolysis/polycondensation reaction conditions were chosen and optimized with regard to low contents of C-H and Si-OH functions. Thus, absorptions as low as 0.04 dB/cm at 1310 nm and 0.18 dB/cm at 1550 nm, respectively, could be obtained from an oligosiloxane resin based on pentafluorophenyltrimethoxysilane (1) mixed with pentafluorophenyl(vinyl)-dimethoxysilane (5). In order to improve the organic crosslinkability under photolithographic processing conditions, further resins on the basis of the aforementioned were prepared, which additionally incorporated the styrene-analogous precursor 4-vinyltetrafluorophenyl-trimethoxysilane (4).…
author: Kahlenberg, Frank
keywords: ORMOCER, Hybridpolymer, Sol-Gel, Photolithographie, 29Si-NMR, Hybrid Polymer, Photolithography
date published: 2004-07-01
date modified: 2026-07-24T06:11:23Z
provider: Universität Wüzburg
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: Universität Würzburg