University of Washington

Nlm Photonics

Lewis E Johnson

Bruce H Robinson

Delwin Elder

Luke Nathaniel Latimer

Rose Ann Cattolico

Huajun Xu

Zachary H Watanabe-Gastel

William Robert Hardin

Larry R Dalton, Iii

Scott R Hammond

Kevin M O'malley

Disclosed are organic electrooptic materials. The electrooptic materials are functionalized by novel methods and structures. The electrooptic materials are structured with a head and a tail where the head and tail sequentially assemble into a non-centrosymmetric ordered array. The electrooptic materials are further structured in covalently bonded dimer pairs where one of the pairs is zwitterionic. The non-centrosymmetric ordered array bonds directly to electrodes which allows for efficient application of the electric field. The organic electrooptic materials disclosed offer greater hyperpolarizability, greater bandwidth, reduced operating voltage with less optical loss.

Sequential synthesis technique for deposition of aligned organic electro-optic materials

Chromophores with large hyperpolarizabilities, films with electro-optic activity comprising the chromophores, and electro-optic devices comprising the chromophores are disclosed.

Organic electro-optic chromophores

Fluorescent dyes with affinity for nucleic acids and related methods are provided. Dielectric or semiconducting films including fluorescent dyes with affinity for nucleic acids and related methods are also provided. Coumarin-based surfactants conjugated to the fluorescent dyes with affinity for nucleic acids and related methods are provided.

Fluorescent dyes and related methods

Fluorescent dyes with affinity for nucleic acids and related methods are provided. Dielectric or semiconducting films including fluorescent dyes with affinity for nucleic acids and related methods are also provided. Coumarin-based surfactants conjugated to the fluorescent dyes with affinity for nucleic acids and related methods are provided. Fluorescent compounds capable of interacting with DNA can be used for a variety of applications.

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Lewis E Johnson