Functionalised Chiral Building Blocks for New Photonic Materials. This project describes an approach to a new family of chiral liquid crystals and chiral liquid crystalline polymers for potential use in display technologies and as wave guides for fibre optic cables in the telecommunications industry. The compounds are based on a rigid chiral core with attached peripheral functional group handles that span a range of polarities and can be positioned at several locations. These new chiral buildi ....Functionalised Chiral Building Blocks for New Photonic Materials. This project describes an approach to a new family of chiral liquid crystals and chiral liquid crystalline polymers for potential use in display technologies and as wave guides for fibre optic cables in the telecommunications industry. The compounds are based on a rigid chiral core with attached peripheral functional group handles that span a range of polarities and can be positioned at several locations. These new chiral building blocks are anticipated to afford new materials whose properties can be tailored to specific applications following structure-property studies.Read moreRead less
Polymer optical fibres with controlled molecular orientation for photonic applications. The objective of the proposed research is to boost the advantage of Australian scientists and engineers working in the field of photonics by investigating new physical principles and new ways of fabricating specialty plastic optical fibres. Such fibres can be used in optical devices, to improve transmission and processing of signals in data communications, for improving efficient operation of power industry, ....Polymer optical fibres with controlled molecular orientation for photonic applications. The objective of the proposed research is to boost the advantage of Australian scientists and engineers working in the field of photonics by investigating new physical principles and new ways of fabricating specialty plastic optical fibres. Such fibres can be used in optical devices, to improve transmission and processing of signals in data communications, for improving efficient operation of power industry, in biophotonics.
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