Review
  • Research Trends in the Development of High Refractive Index Polymer Materials

  • Wooteak Jung, Geoneop Choi, Sang Shin Park*, and Sung Yun Son*,†

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk, 37673, Korea
    *Department of Chemistry, Kwangwoon University, 20 Kwangwoon-Ro, Seoul 01897, Korea

  • 고굴절 고분자재료 개발 동향

  • 정우택 · 최건업 · 박상신* · 손성윤*,†

  • 포항공과대학교 화학공학과, *광운대학교 화학과

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This Article

  • 2024; 48(6): 586-593

    Published online Nov 25, 2024

  • 10.7317/pk.2024.48.6.586
  • Received on Sep 6, 2024
  • Revised on Oct 16, 2024
  • Accepted on Oct 18, 2024

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  • Sung Yun Son

  • *Department of Chemistry, Kwangwoon University, 20 Kwangwoon-Ro, Seoul 01897, Korea

  • E-mail: syson@kw.ac.kr