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