title: Electro-optic (E-O) molecular glasses.
abstract: This Focus Review describes molecular glasses as a new class of materials for nonlinear optical (NLO) applications, especially for electro-optic (E-O) devices. Examples of E-O molecular glasses are reviewed with a focus on the molecular design of NLO chromophores and solid-state engineering of molecular glasses. Molecular glasses based on dendrimers of multiple chromophores, molecular glass blends of chromophores, and molecular glasses based on reversible self-assembly of chromophores are introduced as promising architectures to prepare morphologically stable molecular glasses with large E-O activities and improved material properties for device applications. Future directions to fully exploit the potential of molecular glasses for NLO materials are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-2120, USA.
authors.forename: Sei-Hum
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Alex K-Y
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Jen