| US 7,476,345 B2 | ||
| Layer by layer self-assembly of large response molecular electro-optic materials by a desilylation strategy | ||
| Tobin J. Marks, Evanston, Ill. (US); and Milko E. van der Boom, Evanston, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. (US) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 10, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/54,962. | ||
| Application 11/054962 is a division of application No. 09/815951, filed on Mar. 22, 2001, granted, now 6,855,274, filed on Feb. 15, 2005. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/191360, filed on Mar. 22, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0088717 A1, Apr. 27, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. F21V 9/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/35 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 252—582 [359/245; 359/326; 385/131] | 13 Claims |
| 1. A method of using silyl chemistry to generate a hydrophilic surface for molecular self-assembly of an electro-optic material,
said method comprising:
providing multi-layered electro-optic material comprising a high-β chromophore film comprising a surface protected with terminal
trialkylsiloxy moieties;
selectively desilylating said film to generate terminal hydroxy functional groups and a hydrophilic film surface to control
reactivity of said film surface; and
reacting said terminal hydroxy functional groups with a siloxane capping agent.
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