DNA: new class of polymer

Grote, James G.; Heckman, Emily M.; Hagen, Joshua A.; Yaney, Perry P.; Diggs, Darnell E.; Subramanyam, Guru; Nelson, Robert L.; Zetts, John S.; Zang, De Yu; Singh, Balwant; Sariçiftçi, Niyazi Serdar; Hopkins, F. Kenneth

doi:10.1117/12.660421

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“…Using a lower molecular weight DNA-based biopolymer as the top and bottom cladding layers in an NLO polymer EO modulator, we were able to demonstrate a 90% poling efficiency and a 3X decrease in the optical insertion loss of the device, from 15 dB to 10 dB (3) . Since that first application, these new biopolymer-based materials have been used for many types of electronic and photonic applications.…”

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confidence: 82%

“…However, the process required to transform raw, genomic DNA from a natural, biological source into an optical quality material is non-trivial. This chapter will focus on the processing that has been developed in the past several years to form the optical-quality DNA biopolymer from genomic salmon DNA, the various dopants integrated into the DNA biopolymer, and the relevant optical, electronic and material characterization of the biopolymer for electronic and photonic devices (44,43,41,40,55,53,54,50,51,52,27,30,48,65,83,82,81) .…”

Section: Dna-surfactant Thin Film Processing and Characterization 11mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Ouchen³

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“…Previous studies involving the use of a DNA biopolymer as a conductive cladding layer were done with either a crosslinked DNA biopolymer that had significantly increased optical losses due to the crosslinking process, or were done with poorly performing core materials unsuitable for real-world device applications [7], [11], [12]. Additionally, our own work using the DNA biopolymer cladding layer was done with DNA that had been rinsed using the water-only method and not the SD rinsing technique [13].…”

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“…In many of these applications, a significant increase in performance has resulted from incorporating the DNA biopolymer in the device design due to its unique electronic and optical properties [7]- [9]. These unique properties make the DNA biopolymer well-suited for use as a conductive cladding material in polymer EO waveguide modulators.…”

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In this paper we present our current research in exploring a DNA biopolymer for photonics applications. A new processing technique has been adopted that employs a modified soxhlet-dialysis (SD) rinsing technique to completely remove excess ionic contaminants from the DNA biopolymer, resulting in a material with greater mechanical stability and enhanced performance reproducibility. This newly processed material has been shown to be an excellent material for cladding layers in poled polymer electro-optic (EO) waveguide modulator applications. Thin film poling results are reported for materials using the DNA biopolymer as a cladding layer, as are results for beam steering devices also using the DNA biopolymer. Finally, progress on fabrication of a Mach Zehnder EO modulator with DNA biopolymer claddings using nanoimprint lithography techniques is reported.

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“…The marine-derived deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) biopolymer has been demonstrated in a wide range of photonic devices, including organic light emitting diodes, organic field effect transistors, and polymer electro-optic (EO) modulators. [1][2][3][4] The DNA biopolymer is an especially promising material as a cladding layer for poled polymer EO-waveguide devices. Compared to the standard cladding material UV15 commonly used in these devices, the DNA biopolymer cladding layer yields polymer waveguide devices with EO coefficients 2× greater, optical losses more than an order of magnitude lower, and increased solvent compatibility with common polymer core materials.…”

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