The role of photoinitiator and chelating agent in the fabrication of optical waveguides from UV-photocurable organo-mineral sol-gel materials

Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids

Volumn 354, Issue 30, 2008, Pages 3617-3622

  Copperwhite, R ^a   Oubaha, M ^a   Versace, D L ^b   Croutxe Barghorn C ^b   MacCraith, B D ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE HAUTE ALSACE   (France)

Author keywords

Organic inorganic hybrids; Planar waveguides; Spin coating

Indexed keywords

CHELATION; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SPIN COATING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHELATING AGENT; SOL-GEL MATERIALS; WAVEGUIDE FABRICATION;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 44949202407     PISSN: 00223093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2008.03.026     Document Type: Article

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