Phosphorus-containing polymers for optical signal transducers

• US 7,517,705 B2
• Filed: 08/21/2006
• Issued: 04/14/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH (Bayer AG)
• Original Assignee: Bayer AG
• Inventors: Dorn, Ingmar, Kohler, Burkhard
• Primary Examiner(s): PEZZUTO, HELEN LEE
• Application Number:
  US11/507,329
• Publication Number:
  US 20060287453A1
• Time in Patent Office: 967 Days
• Field of Search: 438/7, 438/104, 428/357, 526/274, 526/277, 526/278, 525/327.4, 525/328.2, 525/328.4, 525/328.8, 525/328.9, 525/340
• US Class Current: 438/7
• CPC Class Codes: C08F 230/02 containing phosphorus
• CPC Class Codes: C08F 251/02 on to cellulose or derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: C08F 275/00 Macromolecular compounds obtained by polymerising monomers on to polymers of monomers containing phosphorus, selenium, tellurium or a metal as defined in group C08F30/00
• CPC Class Codes: C08F 8/40 Introducing phosphorus atoms or phosphorus-containing groups
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 2666/02 Organic macromolecular compounds, natural resins, waxes or and bituminous materials
• CPC Class Codes: C09D 151/003 grafted on to macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions only involving unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bonds C09D151/04, C09D151/06 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C09D 151/02 grafted on to polysaccharides
• CPC Class Codes: C09D 153/00 Coating compositions based on block copolymers containing at least one sequence of a polymer obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds; Coating compositions based on derivatives of such polymers
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/1221 made from organic materials
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/29 Coated or structually defined flake, particle, cell, strand, strand portion, rod, filament, macroscopic fiber or mass thereof

Abstract

The invention relates to a phosphorus-containing polymer for coating dielectric materials, to processes for its preparation and to its use, as well as to an optical signal transducer having a coating of the polymer and to its use.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

(a) providing a phosphorus-containing polymer of the general formula I or II,

P(A)_m(F)_n1(U)_o1 

 

(I)

P(A)_m(UF_n2)_o2 

 

(II)

wherein P represents a linear or branched, uncrosslinked or crosslinked, homo- or heteropolymeric polymer component, A represents identical or different phosphorus-containing groups bonded to P, m represents a number from 3 to 1000, F represents identical or different functional groups bonded directly or indirectly to P which are present in addition to A, n1 represents a number from 1 to 1000, n2 represents a number from 1 to 100, U represents identical or different, linear or branched, uncrosslinked or crosslinked oligomeric or polymeric segments made up of identical or different monomers, which are bonded to P, o1 represents a number from 0 to 1000, and o2 represents a number from 1 to 1000;

(b) applying the polymer to a dielectric waveguide so as to form a coating on the dielectric waveguide; and

(c) forming an optical signal transducer comprising the coated dielectric waveguide.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein P represents a linear or branched, uncrosslinked homo- or heteropolymeric polymer component selected from the group consisting of:

i) polyvinyl alcohols, polyvinyl amine, polyallyl amine, polyethylene imine, imides of polymaleic anhydride-alt-methyl vinyl ether or derivatives thereof, ii) linear polyethylene glycols, polypropylene glycols or derivatives thereof;

iii) branched or star-branched polyethylene glycols;

iv) polyureas, polyurethanes, polyesters, polycarbonates, polyhydroxycarboxylic acids or derivatives thereof, which are made up of diols/polyols and/or diamines/polyamines;

v) polysaccharides as cellulose, starch, agarose, dextran, chitosan, hyaluronic acid or derivatives thereof;

vi) polypeptides or derivatives thereof which are made of one or more various amino acids; and

vii) branched polyols based on glycidol.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein phosphorus-containing groups A are present in the polymer in an amount of from 0.001 to 10 mEq.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein functional groups F are present in the polymer in an amount of from 0.001 to 20 mEq.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein segments U are present in the polymer in an amount of from 0.001 to 20 mEq.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the polymer has a Mw of from 1000 to 10,000,000 g/mol.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the dielectric waveguide comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of TiO₂, Ta₂O₅, ZrO₂, HfO₂ and Al₂O₃.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the dielectric waveguide comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of TiO₂ and Ta₂O₅.

9. An optical signal transducer comprising a coated dielectric waveguide prepared by the method according to claim 1.

10. An optical signal transducer comprising a dielectric waveguide, wherein the dielectric waveguide has a coating comprising a phosphorus-containing polymer of the general formula I or II,

P(A)_m(F)_n1(U)_o1 

 

(I)

P(A)_m(UF_n2)_o2 

 

(II)

wherein P represents a linear or branched, uncrosslinked or crosslinked, homo- or heteropolyineric polymer component, A represents identical or different phosphorus-containing groups bonded to P, m represents a number from 3 to 1000, F represents identical or different functional groups bonded directly or indirectly to P which are present in addition to A, n1 represents a number from 1 to 1000, n2 represents a number from 1 to 100, U represents identical or different, linear or branched, uncrosslinked or crosslinked oligomeric or polymeric segments made up of identical or different monomers, which are bonded to P, o1 represents a number from 0 to 1000, and o2 represents a number from 1 to 1000.

11. The optical signal transducer according to claim 10, wherein P represents a linear or branched, uncrosslinked homo- or heteropolymeric polymer component selected from the group consisting of:

i) polyvinyl alcohols, polyvinyl amine, polyallyl amine, polyethylene imine, imides of polymaleic anhydride-alt-methyl vinyl ether or derivatives thereof;

ii) linear polyethylene glycols, polypropylene glycols or derivatives thereof;

iii) branched or star-branched polyethylene glycols;

iv) polyureas, polynrethanes, polyesters, polycarbonates, polyhydroxycarboxylic acids or derivatives thereof, which are made up of diols/polyols and/or diamines/polyamines;

v) polysaccharides as cellulose, starch, agarose, dextran, chitosan, hyaluronic acid or derivatives thereof;

vi) polypeptides or derivatives thereof which are made of one or more various amino acids; and

vii) branched polyols based on glycidol.

12. The optical signal transducer according to claim 10, wherein phosphorus-containing groups A are present in the polymer in an amount of from 0.001 to 10 mEq.

13. The optical signal transducer according to claim 10, wherein functional groups F are present in the polymer in an amount of from 0.001 to 20 mEq.

14. The optical signal transducer according to claim 10, wherein segments U are present in the polymer in an amount of from 0.001 to 20 mEq.

15. The optical signal transducer according to claim 10, wherein the polymer has a Mw of from 1000 to 10,000,000 g/mol.

16. The optical signal transducer according to claim 10, wherein the dielectric waveguide comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of TiO₂, Ta₂O₅, ZrO₂, HfO₂ and Al₂O₃.

17. The optical signal transducer according to claim 10, wherein the dielectric waveguide comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of TiO₂ and Ta₂O₅.

18. A method comprising:

exposing the optical signal transducer according to claim 10 to a fluid comprising at least one chemical and/or biochemical recognition element; and

immobilizing the recognition element on the coating on the dielectric waveguide.