Tunable Waveguides Couplers Based on HPDLC for See-Through Applications
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Component | Solution 0 | Solution 1 | Solution 2 | Solution 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|
YEt (g) | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
NMP (μL) | 469 | 0 | 0 | 200 |
NVP (μL) | 0 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
OA (μL) | 144 | 300 | 400 | 300 |
NPG (g) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
LC036 (μL) | 450 | 750 | 750 | 750 |
DPHPA (g) | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
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Gallego, S.; Puerto, D.; Morales-Vidal, M.; Ramirez, M.G.; Taleb, S.I.; Hernández, A.; Ortuño, M.; Neipp, C. Tunable Waveguides Couplers Based on HPDLC for See-Through Applications. Polymers 2021, 13, 1858. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13111858
Gallego S, Puerto D, Morales-Vidal M, Ramirez MG, Taleb SI, Hernández A, Ortuño M, Neipp C. Tunable Waveguides Couplers Based on HPDLC for See-Through Applications. Polymers. 2021; 13(11):1858. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13111858
Chicago/Turabian StyleGallego, Sergi, Daniel Puerto, Marta Morales-Vidal, Manuel G. Ramirez, Soumia I. Taleb, Antonio Hernández, Manuel Ortuño, and Cristian Neipp. 2021. "Tunable Waveguides Couplers Based on HPDLC for See-Through Applications" Polymers 13, no. 11: 1858. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13111858
APA StyleGallego, S., Puerto, D., Morales-Vidal, M., Ramirez, M. G., Taleb, S. I., Hernández, A., Ortuño, M., & Neipp, C. (2021). Tunable Waveguides Couplers Based on HPDLC for See-Through Applications. Polymers, 13(11), 1858. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13111858