Novel nonlinear optical polymers with crosslinkable functional groups

SummaryMonomers with non linear optical (NLO) and photocrosslinkable (cinnamate) active side group have been synthetized. The study of their copolymerization has shown that a third monomer is necessary to increase the yield of copolymerization from 9% to 53%. The monomers reactivity ratios were estimated to be close to each other. Glass transition temperatures are relatively high though inherent viscosities of the terpolymer are low.