Thermal and Optical Properties

In this chapter, only those thermal and optical properties that can be considered in some way to be unique, or at least emphasised, in perovskites are described. Thus general properties of solids (such as heat capacity, where the focus is upon lattice dynamics, or photoluminescence, where the focus is upon dopant ions), in which the perovskite serves only as an inert matrix, are neglected. 

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Many of the hyperbranched polymers contain aromatic chromophores in their 7r-conjugated structures and should show interesting optical properties [31]. This is indeed the case. For example, hb-P20 carries the TPA chro-mophore, which is often used as hole-transport materials in the fabrication of light-emitting diodes [120]. The Aab of triyne 20 appeared at 342 nm (Fig. 5), 

Other hyperbranched polymers showed similar absorption and luminescence properties. Upon photoexcitation, the hb-PA solutions emitted deep-blue to blue-green lights, whose intensities were higher than that of poly(l-phenyl-l-octyne), a well-known highly emissive polyene. The PL efficiencies of the polymers varied with their molecular structures. Polymers hb-P(38-VI), hfo-P(45-V), hb-P(48-VI), M -P(50-VI), fcfo-P(50-VII) and hb-P(59-VI) exhibited (P values higher than 70%, with hfc-P(50-VII) giving the highest value of 98%. 

NLO effects in the thin films. Hyperbranched polymers should be ideal matrix materials as they offer three-dimensional spatial separation of the NLO chromophores in the spherical architecture, and their void-rich topological structure should help minimize optical loss in the NLO process. 

The hb-PAEs of hb-P13 and hb-P15 contain NLO-active azo-functionalities, which are soluble, film-forming, and morphologically stable (Tg 180 °C). Their poled films exhibited high SHG coefficients ( 33 up to 177pm/V), thanks to the chromophore-separation and site-isolation effects of the hyperbranched structures of the polymers in the three-dimensional space (Table 5) [28]. The optical nonlinearities of the poled films of the polymers are thermally stable with no drop in d33 observable when heated to 152 °C (Fig. 8), due to the facile cross-linking of the multiple acetylenic triple bonds in the hb-PAEs at moderate temperatures (e.g., 88 °C). 

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The remaining unfilled orbitals form higher-energy bands, called the conduction hand. Keep in mind that even though the d and / orbitals may not be filled with electrons, they still exist for many of the heavier elements, so they must be included in the molecular orbital diagram. We will see later in Chapter 6 that the conduction band plays a very important role in the electrical, thermal, and optical properties of metals. 

Many of the chemical and physical properties of mineral fillers are important in their application in thermoplastics. These include purity, specific gravity, hardness, electrical, thermal and optical properties, surface area, particle shape and size. The determination and importance of many of these has been covered in several reviews [65,66]. Only a brief coverage is given here for the less ambiguous properties such as specific gravity, hardness and standard thermal and optical properties, with most attention being concentrated on properties such as size and shape which have been found to give particular problems in measurement and interpretation. 

Mao, H.-K. (1973) Electrical and optical properties of the olivine series at high pressure. Observations of optical absorption and electrical conductivity in magnesiowustite at high pressures. Thermal and optical properties of the Earth s mantle. Ann. Rept. Geophys. Lab., Yearb. 72, 52-64. 

Other Textile Interiors. There have also been a few recent studies on the thermal and optical properties of upholstery fabrics and wall coverings. The reflection and transmission properties of upholstery fabrics were determined by the use of a goniophotometer (93)- Mathematical equations have been developed to show how wall hangings can save energy by confining air between walls and their coverings (9]0 ... 

Deuterated aromatic polyimides having excellent mechanical, thermal, and optical properties and exhibiting infrared absorption transparency between 2500 and 3500 cm have been prepared. These materials are useful in optical transmission and optical signal processing because of minimum optical losses associated with absorption. 

In fact, this function dominates also thermal and optical properties of the solids themselves because experimental probes do not address individual normal modes but rather collective mode motions that manifest themselves through the mode density. For example, the vibrational energy of a harmonic solid is given by... 

In the last 15 years, the liquid-crystalline properties of azomethines, azines, vinylenes and hexatrienes containing the thiophene or thieno[3,2-Z)]thiophene fragment were examined. Their thermal and optical properties were compared with those of analogous compounds of the benzene series (85ZN1199, 89MI3). Taking into account particular characteristics, these compounds were proposed as materials for various purposes of modern technology. 

Itatani K, Tsujimoto T, Kishimoto A (2006) Thermal and optical properties of transparent magnesium oxide ceramics fabricated by post hot-isostatic pressing. J Eur Ceram Soc 26 639-645... 

The vinylcarbazole and thiophene groups give excellent thermal and optical properties to the copolymer. Further, it was found that this tt -conjugated polymer with vinylcarbazole and thiophene groups has a high glass transition temperature of 251 °C. 

Hamciuc C, Hamciuc E, Serbezeanu D, Vlad-Bubulac T. Thermal and optical properties of some phosphorus-containing poly(l,3, 4-oxadiazole-ester-imide)s. Polym Adv Tech-nol 2011 22(12) 2458-68. 

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