Nanostructured Organic/Inorganic Composites as Transparent Materials for Optical Components

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It has been found that nanostructured organic/inorganic composites, in which nanometer-sized inorganic inclusions are uniformly dispersed in and fixed to a matrix polymer, can modify the property of the matrix polymer while suppressing Rayleigh scattering to exhibit preferable transparency. Rather, when compared with the transparency of a matrix polymer alone, the composite could exhibit better transparency as the content of inorganic inclusions increases. Furthermore, because the refractive index of the composite agrees well with the Maxwell-Garnett model, it is suggested that synergetic effects obtained by the bulk properties of both the matrix polymer and inorganic inclusions can be exhibited. Such a potential has been verified by applying the composites to optical waveguides and optically athermal materials.
Published by the Japan Society of Applied Physics through the Institute of Pure and Applied Physicsの論文
2004-08-15