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The stability of Poled Nonlinear Optical Polymers
Author(s) -
Man HongTai,
Yoon Hyun N.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.19920040306
Subject(s) - materials science , polymer , thermal stability , relaxation (psychology) , nonlinear system , stability (learning theory) , thermal , nonlinear optical , composite material , chemical engineering , thermodynamics , computer science , psychology , social psychology , physics , quantum mechanics , machine learning , engineering
The long‐term thermal stability of poled polymers is of cruciial importance because the poled structure is inherently in a non‐equiilibrium state and relaxation in the poled polymers results from thermal reorientation effects. A quantitative understanding of the relaxation behavior is therefore of great use in optimizing the design of new polymer systems. The major factors involved are explained, and various theoretical models are applied to some nonlinear optical polymers developed at Hoechst.