ORMOCER®S – Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Materials for e/o-Interconnection-Technology

Mechanical characteristics of an Ormocomp® biocompatible hybrid photopolymer

“…Moreover, in micro-applications there is a growing interest in understanding how the mechanical properties of structures created with microfabrication techniques are compared to those of structures created from the same materials via conventional photopolymerisation (Bayindir et al, 2005;Nakanishi et al, 2007). In the literature there are many works that report on the synthesis, mechanical and thermomechanical properties and applications of inorganic-organic copolymers (Ormocers) (Hass and Wolter, 1999;Houbertz et al, 2003;Stampfl et al, 2008;Popall et al, 2000). It is summarized that due to the fact that the network density of the photopolymer can be varied to a large extent, the mechanical properties (strength, Young's modulus) of the final bulk photopolymer can be tailored over a wide range (Stampfl et al, 2008).…”

Chemical Approach to Functional Artificial Opals

“…[78] However, these materials do not fulfill the required high demands with respect to mechanical and thermal stability. Replica formation from an inorganic-organic hybrid material like Ormocer [79] leads to nanostructured PCs that incorporate the outstanding mechanical and thermal properties of Ormocer (robustness and temperature stability up to 350 8C). [80] For this purpose a polymer opal is used as a template and infiltrated with liquid Ormocer oligomer.…”

Hybrid Inorganic-Organic Polymers Based on Organically Modified Si-Alkoxides

“…The use of ORMOCERs in multi-chip-modules (MCM L/D) on FR4 polymer substrates has been demonstrated, e.g., for a Pentium MCM module with BGA(ball grid array) interface. [76] Figure 9 shows ORMOCER waveguides on a flexible polymer substrate.…”

“…[67,76±81] Various test components have been produced e.g., an o/e MCM-L/D demonstrator. [76] Optical communication technology requires various components like waveguides, switches, amplifiers, etc. Due to their transparency, their isotropic nature, the possibility to control the refractive index, and the patternability of ORMOCERs they are useful elements for optical applications.…”