New infrared transmitting material via inverse vulcanization of elemental sulfur to prepare high refractive index polymers

Jared J. Griebel, Soha Namnabat, Eui Tae Kim, Roland Himmelhuber, Dominic H. Moronta, Woo Jin Chung, Adam G. Simmonds, Kyung Jo Kim, John Van Der Laan, Ngoc A. Nguyen, Eustace L. Dereniak, Michael E. MacKay, Kookheon Char, Richard S. Glass, Robert A. Norwood, Jeffrey Pyun

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Abstract

Polymers for IR imaging: The preparation of high refractive index polymers (n = 1.75 to 1.86) via the inverse vulcanization of elemental sulfur is reported. High quality imaging in the near (1.5 μm) and mid-IR (3-5 μm) regions using high refractive index polymeric lenses from these sulfur materials was demonstrated.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3014-3018
Number of pages5
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume26
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - May 21 2014

Keywords

  • IR optics
  • high refractive index
  • imaging
  • polymers
  • sulfur

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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