Thermally stable network-structured polysiloxane hybrimers with high refractive index for optical applications

Key Points

• The aim is to develop network-structured polysiloxane hybrimers with high refractive index and thermal stability for optical uses.
• Synthesis of network-structured polysiloxane hybrimers
• Measurement of refractive index at 450 nm
• Evaluation of transmittance and thermal stability at 200 °C for 72 hours
• NPH 3 achieves a refractive index of 1.61 at 450 nm
• Transmittance measured at 96.5%
• After thermal exposure, transmittance remains at 96.0%