Binary polymer blends that can form hydrogen-bond networks were prepared and used to fabricate the guest-host organic electrooptic (EO) materials. The hydrogen-bonds network in the solid films of novel guest-host organic EO materials was verified by FT-IR spectra. After corona poling, two kinds of EO films revealed the maximum EO coefficient value (r 33 ) of 19.5 and 30 pm/V at the wavelength of 1310 nm. The EO activity and the order parameter of the chromophores in the poled films both indicated that the hydrogen-bond network has little impact on the motion of the chromophores while poling. These new EO films exhibited better temporal stability after 250 h at 55 and 85 °C compared with the conventional guest-host systems that have the similar or higher T g s. Moreover, the results also indicated that polymer blends as the host of EO materials can change the dielectric strength of the materials, which directly influence the poling efficiency.
DENG GuoWeiBO ShuHuiZHOU TingTingZHANG RongLIU JiaLeiLIU XinHouZHEN ZhenQIU Ling