Theory-guided design of organic electro-optic materials and devices

Polymers

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1325-1351

  Dalton, Larry ^a   Benight, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromophores with high molecular first hyperpolarizability; Course grained monte carlo and molecular dynamics methods; Electric field poling; Laser assisted poling; Metamaterials; Nano engineering of intermolecular interactions; Organic electro optic materials and devices; Plasmonics; Silicon photonics; Time dependent density functional theory

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD POLING; FIRST HYPERPOLARIZABILITIES; LASER-ASSISTED; MONTE CARLO; NANO-ENGINEERING; ORGANIC ELECTRO-OPTIC MATERIALS; PLASMONICS; SILICON PHOTONICS; TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

CHROMOPHORES; DENDRIMERS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; MATERIALS; METAMATERIALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ORGANIC LASERS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PLASMONS;

PHOTONIC DEVICES;

EID: 83655202957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym3031325     Document Type: Article

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