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Inside Cover: Highly Birefringent Materials Designed Using Coordination Polymer Synthetic Methodology (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46/2007)
Author(s) -
Katz Michael J.,
Kaluarachchi Harini,
Batchelor Raymond J.,
Bokov Alexei A.,
Ye ZuoGuang,
Leznoff Daniel B.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200790234
Subject(s) - birefringence , cover (algebra) , polymer , materials science , optics , nonlinear optical , refractive index , optoelectronics , nonlinear system , physics , composite material , engineering , mechanical engineering , quantum mechanics
Birefringent materials have different refractive indices in two directions and are ubiquitous in both linear and nonlinear optical applications. In their Communication on page 8804 ff., D. B. Leznoff and co‐workers generate new types of highly birefringent materials (Δ n >0.39) using coordination polymer methodology. The picture illustrates the optical phenomenon of birefringence, namely the double image of the polymer structure generated by a commercially utilized birefringent (Δ n =0.17) calcite crystal.