Development of intelligent, electrically tunable optical materials by exploring nanostructures: a path towards a new generation of electro-optical devices

通过探索纳米结构开发智能电可调光学材料：通向新一代电光器件的道路

• 批准号: 492045-2015
• 负责人: Ma, Dongling
• 金额: $ 4.37万
• 依托单位: Institut national de la recherche scientifique
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2016-01-01 至 2017-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=601845
• 关键词: Development; intelligent; electrically; tunable; optical

Electro-optical materials, exhibiting tunable optical properties in response to an external electric field, are highly attractive for numerous optoelectronic applications, such as polarizers, optical switches, displays and smart glass. The market demand for such materials are expected to continuously expand, largely driven by these applications. Using the smart glass as an example, its global market size is expected to reach USD 4.71 billion by 2022 based on a very recent market analysis in 2015. The development of low cost and high performance materials and related technology is highly desired and is the core for supporting continuous growth and substantial implementation of their real world applications and for achieving tremendous market values. Recent great advances in the development of new nanoscale materials with unique or enhanced properties offer ample, new opportunities in designing and realizing electro-optical materials and devices with pre-engineered, improved properties and performance.

电光材料在外加电场的作用下表现出可调谐的光学性质，在偏振器、光开关、显示器和智能玻璃等众多光电子应用中具有极大的吸引力。在这些应用的推动下，市场对这类材料的需求预计将继续扩大。以智能玻璃为例，根据2015年最新的市场分析，到2022年，其全球市场规模预计将达到47.1亿美元。开发低成本、高性能的材料和相关技术是非常必要的，是支持其现实世界应用的持续增长和实质性实施以及实现巨大市场价值的核心。近年来，具有独特或增强性能的新型纳米材料的发展为设计和实现具有预先设计、改进的性能和性能的电光材料和器件提供了大量的新机会。