Infrared plastic optics and photonic devices using chalcogenide hybrid inorganic/organic polymers via inverse vulcanization of elemental sulfur

J Pyun, RA Norwood - Progress in Polymer Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Since the invention of inverse vulcanization and high sulfur content polymers, termed
Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers, the application of these polymers as …

Molecular structure and properties of sulfur‐containing high refractive index polymer optical materials

Y Zhou, Z Zhu, K Zhang, B Yang - Macromolecular Rapid …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
High refractive index polymers (HRIPs) are widely used in lenses, waveguide, antireflective
layer and encapsulators, especially the advanced fields of augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR) …

All-organic polymeric materials with high refractive index and excellent transparency

J Zhang, T Bai, W Liu, M Li, Q Zang, C Ye… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
High refractive index polymers (HRIPs) have drawn attention for their optoelectronic
applications and HRIPs with excellent transparency and facile preparation are highly …

Base-Assisted Polymerizations of Elemental Sulfur and Alkynones for Temperature-Controlled Synthesis of Polythiophenes or Poly (1, 4-dithiin) s

J Peng, T Tian, S Xu, R Hu, BZ Tang - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
With the increasing demand for functional polythiophenes in extensive applications such as
organic solar cells, electronic skins, thermoelectric materials, and field effect transistors …

Synthesis of deuterated and sulfurated polymers by inverse vulcanization: engineering infrared transparency via deuteration

MH Qureshi, J Bao, TS Kleine, KJ Kim… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The synthesis of deuterated, sulfurated, proton-free, glassy polymers offers a route to optical
polymers for infrared (IR) optics, specifically for midwave IR (MWIR) photonic devices …

Fabrication of Plastic Optics from Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers for Infrared Thermal Imaging

J Molineux, T Lee, KJ Kim, KS Kang… - Advanced Optical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The development of infrared (IR) plastic optics for infrared thermal imaging, particularly, in
the long‐wave IR (LWIR) spectrum (7–14 µm) is an area of growing technological interest …

Green synthesis of sulfur-containing polymers by carbon disulfide-based spontaneous multicomponent polymerization

X Chen, A Qin, BZ Tang - Green Chemistry, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Sulfur-containing polymers have gained much attention in polymer science due to their
unique properties. However, their preparation has posed considerable challenges …

Polymer and Hybrid Optical Devices Manipulated by the Thermo-Optic Effect

Y Xie, L Chen, H Li, Y Yi - polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
The thermo-optic effect is a crucial driving mechanism for optical devices. The application of
the thermo-optic effect in integrated photonics has received extensive investigation, with …

Low birefringence and low dispersion aliphatic thermosets with a high and tunable refractive index

Y Jeon, J Choi, D Seo, SH Jung, J Lim - Polymer Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We herein present a new class of high refractive index polymers prepared through the
reaction of bis (2, 3-epithiopropyl) sulfide, a series of poly (alkyl polysulfide) s, and elemental …

Designing Strategy for High Refractive Index Polymers: From the Molecular Level to Bulk Structure Control

S Watanabe, K Oyaizu - Bulletin of the Chemical Society of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
High refractive index polymers (HRIPs) are essential materials for many optical applications,
including organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), charge-coupled devices (CCDs) …