High-refractive-index polymer
Polymer with refractive index > 1.50 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A high-refractive-index polymer (HRIP) is a polymer that has a refractive index greater than 1.50.[1]
Such materials are required for anti-reflective coating and photonic devices such as light emitting diodes (LEDs) and image sensors.[1][2][3] The refractive index of a polymer is based on several factors which include polarizability, chain flexibility, molecular geometry and the polymer backbone orientation.[4][5]
As of 2004, the highest refractive index for a polymer was 1.76.[6] Substituents with high molar fractions or high-n nanoparticles in a polymer matrix have been introduced to increase the refractive index in polymers.[7]