Abnormally high optical transmittance of refractive-index modified ZnO / organic hybrid films

Author

Tsuzuki, Takuya

Author_Institution

Centre for Mater. & Fibre Innovation, Deakin Univ., Geelong, VIC

fYear

2008

fDate

July 28 2008-Aug. 1 2008

Firstpage

205

Lastpage

208

Abstract

Hybrid films consisting of ZnO nanoparticles and organic matrices were fabricated at particle concentration levels of up to 60 wt%. The correlation between the refractive index and optical transmittance in the visible light region was investigated. The refractive index of the hybrid films was modified in a continuous manner in the range from 1.44 to 1.55. The refractive index increased linearly as a function of particle concentration. On the other hand, optical transmittance showed little change above the particle volume fraction of 0.08.

Keywords

II-VI semiconductors; nanocomposites; optical films; organic compounds; organic-inorganic hybrid materials; refractive index; zinc compounds; ZnO; ZnO / organic hybrid films; nanoparticles; optical transmittance; particle concentration; refractive index; visible light region; Holographic optical components; Holography; Nanoparticles; Optical films; Optical materials; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Refractive index; Zinc oxide; Nanocomposites; inorganic organic hybrid; optical transmittance; refractive index;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices, 2008. COMMAD 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

Sydney, SA

ISSN

1097-2137

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2716-1

Electronic_ISBN

1097-2137

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COMMAD.2008.4802127

Filename

4802127