两种偶氮分子玻璃材料的光致取向特性

利用光诱导双折射和偏振红外光谱法研究了2种无定形树枝状偶氮分子材料G1-AZ-CN和G2-AZ-CN的光致取向行为, 对其偶氮生色团及非光响应性星形核的光致取向速度、 取向松弛速度和饱和取向程度进行了系统研究. 结果表明, G2-AZ-CN中偶氮生色团和星形核的光致取向速度快于G1-AZ-CN, 但其取向松弛速度慢于G1-AZ-CN, 这与G2-AZ-CN具有更高的偶氮生色团密度有关. G1-AZ-CN具有较高的饱和取向程度及较好的取向稳定性. 与具有相同类型偶氮生色团的偶氮聚合物BP-AZ-CN相比, G1-AZ-CN和G2-AZ-CN中偶氮生色团表现出较慢的取向速度. 其取向行为与其特殊的星形分子结构有关.     

官能化度对环氧树脂类偶氮聚合物光致取向的影响

利用光诱导双折射和偏振红外光谱法研究了偶氮官能化度对环氧树脂类偶氮聚合物BP-AZ-CA的光致取向行为的影响,重点研究了偶氮官能化度对偶氮生色团和聚合物主链的光致取向速度及饱和取向程度的影响规律.结果表明,随着偶氮官能化度的增加,偶氮生色团和聚合物主链的光致取向速度均降低,但二者的饱和取向程度增加.体系中氢键相互作用的增强是导致BP-AZ-CA的光致取向行为随偶氮官能化度增加而变化的原因之一.     

端基对侧链型偶氮聚电解质自组装膜内生色团取向的影响

用偏振紫外光谱研究了 4种带有不同端基的侧链型偶氮聚电解质静电逐层自组装膜中偶氮生色团的初始取向 .讨论了不同的端基对偶氮生色团在自组装膜中初始取向的影响 .进一步探讨了偶氮聚电解质自组装膜的结构特点 .研究表明 ,侧链型偶氮聚电解质自组装膜中偶氮生色团普遍存在一定程度的沿面取向 .偶氮生色团所带端基的类型对其在自组装膜中的取向程度有较大的影响 ,这主要取决于偶氮生色团与聚阳离子基底的电荷相互作用和极性相互作用等 .对偶氮生色团在水溶液中能形成H 聚集体的自组装膜来说 ,H 聚集体对生色团取向也有一定的影响 .结果表明 ,在制备需控制生色团取向性的自组装膜时 ,要考虑生色团上的不同端基对取向的影响     

二阶非线性光学聚合物材料

非线性光学材料是一类具有很高实用价值的功能材料。综述了聚合物二阶非线性光学材料的研究、极化聚合物在实用化研究方面取得的新进展,介绍了提高极化聚合物生色团高温取向稳定性、设计合成光损失较小的生色团以及优化聚合物主体的新方法。     

两种侧链偶氮聚电解质自组装膜中生色团取向研究

用偏振紫外光谱研究了两种侧链偶氮聚电解质静电逐层自组装膜中偶氮生色团的初始取向 .讨论了不同的组装条件对自组装膜中偶氮生色团取向的影响 .进一步探讨了偶氮聚电解质自组装膜的结构特点 .研究表明 ,侧链偶氮聚电解质自组装膜中的偶氮生色团存在一定程度的面内取向 ,自组装的各种影响条件和聚合物结构等 (pH值、侧链柔性间隔基团长度、以及偶氮生色团官能度等 )与自组装膜中偶氮生色团的面内取向程度存在一定的相关性 .通过研究偶氮生色团的取向和影响因素 ,可以深入认识侧链偶氮聚电解质的自组装行为     

基于分子间侧向氢键作用的电光材料制备及性能

通过重氮耦合和酯化等反应制备了一系列侧向含有酰胺基团的偶氮苯类非线性光学生色团, 并将其与聚合物进行掺杂或通过分子间的侧向氢键作用制备了主客体型及超分子型的电光薄膜材料. 生色团的结构通过核磁共振谱(¹H NMR, NMR)、 红外光谱(IR)、 质谱(MS)和元素分析(EA)等进行了表征, 结果表明, 生色团形成了分子间的氢键作用. 通过紫外-可见(UV-Vis) 光谱研究了材料的极化性能. 相比主客体型电光薄膜材料, 由分子间侧向氢键作用形成的超分子型电光薄膜材料无需与聚合物基体材料复合, 更有利于提高材料的生色团含量、 极化取向度及稳定性. 通过Teng-Man简单反射法研究了主客体型和超分子型电光材料的二阶非线性光学性质, 结果表明, 基于分子间侧向氢键作用形成的超分子体系具有更大的电光系数.     

新型支化侧链偶氮聚电解质的合成与性能研究

通过后重氮偶合的方法合成了一种含支化侧链偶氮苯生色团的聚电解质 (PBANT AC) .用IR、NMR、DSC、UV和元素分析等手段对聚合物的结构和性能进行了表征 .研究发现 ,在不同比例的水和四氢呋喃混合溶剂中PBANT AC的紫外 可见光光谱有很大的差别 .这种差别反映了PBANT AC分子中的偶氮苯生色团的不同聚集状态 .通过静电吸附逐层自组装的方法将PBANT AC分子组装成多层膜 .在 488nm的偏振Ar+ 激光的照射下 ,聚合物薄膜中的偶氮苯生色团可发生光致取向 ,取向有序度约 0 0 5 .偶氮苯生色团的顺反异构化反应使H 聚集体在光照后发生解聚集     

重氮偶合方法合成主链型光响应偶氮聚合物

提出了一种利用重氮偶合方法合成主链偶氮聚合物的新方法,合成了一种主链含有假芪型偶氮生色团的聚合物.对合成聚合物的结构、热性能以及光响应性能进行了详细表征.在线偏振激光的作用下,聚合物膜中的偶氮苯生色团发生光致取向,用偏振紫外-可见光光谱测量了此聚合物膜的二向色性,得到聚合物膜的取向有序度为0.03.用波长为488 nm,能量密度为150 mW/cm2的相干Ar+激光对聚合物膜照射1000 s,得到形貌规整的正弦波形表面起伏光栅,光栅的周期为900 nm,起伏深度为89 nm.     

一种光交联电光聚合物的合成及其外部电光测量

合成了一种新的带有光交联基团的电光聚合物,其高分子基体是双酚A环氧树脂,二阶非线性生色团对硝基苯胺和光交联基团肉桂酰氯都键接在高分子链上.将聚合物溶解后旋涂成膜,对薄膜进行电晕极化.极化的后阶段用紫外光照射,使聚合物体系交联成网络结构,形成生色团取向长时间稳定的聚合物电光薄膜.用这种聚合物电光薄膜构成外部电光调制系统,测量了共面波导上的电信号.     

支化侧链偶氮聚电解质的光致二向色性和表面起伏光栅

通过后重氮偶合的方法合成了两种含支化侧链偶氮苯生色团的聚电解质PBANT AC和PBACT AC .用红外光谱、氢核磁共振谱、紫外 可见光光谱、热分析和元素分析等手段对聚合物的结构和性能进行了表征 .在 4 88nm的偏振Ar+ 激光的照射下 ,聚合物薄膜中的偶氮苯生色团可发生光致取向 ,取向有序度分别为 0 12和 0 0 9.在干涉偏振激光束的照射下 ,两种聚合物旋涂膜表面均形成了规则的正弦表面起伏光栅 ,其起伏深度分别为 4 0nm和 80nm左右 .用氦氖激光实时检测 ,测定了两种旋涂膜表面起伏光栅的一级衍射效率随光照时间的变化关系 .     

Oriented thin films from soluble polythiophenes

The degree of orientation of thin films of eight different polymeric structures, belonging to the class of soluble polyalkylthiophenes (PATs) has been studied. Thin films of the polymers, obtained by spin coating onto glass substrates, were oriented by means of the rubbing technique. The degree of orientation is related to the regioregularity of the system: highly regioregular polymers can be oriented, while regiorandom materials are not oriented. The degree of orientation can be improved by thermal annealing of the oriented films. As a result of annealing, which was performed at different temperatures according to the thermal behavior of the polymers, it was possible to increase the polarization ratio for poly(3-decylthiophene) up to 12–13 as detected from the UV-vis spectra in polarized light. Moreover in the investigated PATs, both the key role of molecular weight and its distribution for achieving a high orientation degree has been assessed. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

UV-driven switching of chain orientation and liquid crystal alignment in nanoscale thin films of a novel polyimide bearing stilbene moieties in the backbone

A novel photosensitive polyimide, poly(4,4'-stilbenylene 4,4'-oxidiphthalimide) (ODPA-Stilbene PSPI) was newly synthesized. The most surprising feature of this PSPI is that the PSPI films irradiated with linear polarized ultraviolet light (LPUVL) can favorably induce a unidirectional alignment of liquid crystals (LCs) in contact with the film surface and further switch the director of the unidirectionally aligned LCs from a perpendicular direction to a parallel direction with respect to the polarization direction of LPUVL by simply controlling the exposure dose in the irradiation process. These LPUVL-irradiated films were found to provide high anchoring energy to LCs, always giving very stable, homogeneous cells with unidirectionally aligned LCs regardless of the LC alignment directions. In the films, the PSPI polymer chains were found to undergo favorably unidirectional orientation via a specific orientation sequence of the polymer chain segments led by the directionally selective trans-cis photoisomerization of the stilbene chromophore units in the backbone induced by LPUVL exposure. Such unidirectionally oriented polymer chains of the films induce alignment of the LCs along the orientation direction of the polymer chains via favorable anisotropic molecular interactions between the oriented polymer chain segments and the LC molecules. In addition, the PSPI has an excellent film formation processibility; good quality PSPI thin films with a smooth surface are easily produced by simple spin-coating of the soluble poly(amic acid) precursor and subsequent thermal imidization process. In summary, this new PSPI is the promising LC alignment layer candidate with rubbing-free processing for the production of advanced LC display devices, including LC display televisions with large display areas.     

Ultra-thin emissive molecular devices: polarized emission of Ln(III) complex films

Abstract  On ultra-thin films, Tb(III) shows polarized ff-emission in the visible wavelength region induced by intramolecular energy transfer from the photoexcited organic ligand, such as phenanthroline. Pr(III) causes polarized ππ* emission from the chromophore in the ultra-thin film (Langmuir–Blodgett film). Here, the unique optical properties of molecular devices with lanthanide complexes are summarized. Graphical Abstract        

Characterization of macromolecular orientation in κ-carrageenan fibers using polarized Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy

In the current study, polarized infrared (IR) microspectroscopy was employed to characterize the macromolecular orientation in wet-spun and stretched κ-carrageenan fibers. The fibers were shown to be well oriented by X-ray diffraction, suggesting that the κ-carrageenan molecules were generally aligned along the fiber axis direction. Longitudinal fiber pieces of about 10 μm thick were obtained by focused ion beam (FIB) micromilling. The fiber pieces were examined by polarized IR in transmission mode. Several bands, including those characteristic of κ-carrageenan at 845 and 930 cm⁻¹, were polarization-dependent, demonstrating polarized IR as a useful tool to evaluate macromolecular orientation in carrageenan fibers. Band assignments were discussed by considering the general alignment of molecules and the polarization dependence of vibration modes, and our results agreed well with band assignments from previous reports.     

An All‐Inorganic Colloidal Nanocrystal Flexible Polarizer

Inorganic single crystals with anisotropic structures usually suffer from high brittleness and stiffness. Flexible polymers are used to replace inorganic crystals, but the hot‐stretching‐induced orientation process is tedious, and oriented molecular chains tend to revert to random coils during aging. To overcome these obstacles and using the similarities between sub‐1 nm nanowires (NWs) and linear polymers, we successfully fabricated anisotropic, transparent, flexible, and stable (ATFS) NW films with great potential for optical applications through a wet‐spinning method. The NW films show birefringence, and their birefractive index is higher than that of many polymers. They also showed polarized absorption of UV light and anisotropic scattering of visible light. The integrated films composed of NWs and quantum dots showed good fluorescence polarization. The tedious synthesis of quantum rods and fabrication of oriented polymer films can thus be avoided.     

Medium-size polarized basis sets for high-level-correlated calculations of molecular electric properties

Summary The basis set polarization approach is employed for the generation of medium-size polarized GTO/CGTO basis sets for calculations of molecular dipole moments and polarizabilities. The excellent performance of the [13.10.4/7.5.2] GTO/CGTO polarized basis sets derived for Si through Cl is illustrated by the atomic polarizability results and SCF and MBPT data for dipole moments and polarizabilities of the second-row atom hydrides. The possible applications of the electric-property oriented polarized basis sets are discussed. The basis set data for Si through Cl are those for H and C through F append the paper.     

Spectroscopy with Polarized Light

Polarized light is used in electronic spectroscopy not only to obtain information about the positions. Intensities, and fine structures of absorption and luminescence bands, which can be obtained by normal electronic spectroscopy of solutions, but also to determine the orientation of the transition moments in relation to the molecular framework. The theoretical and experimental principles of molecular optical anisotropy are briefly described, and the three most successful methods (spectroscopy after mechanical alignment of the molecules on films and in crystals, or after electrical alignment in solution, and luminescence polarization of solid solutions) are discussed in detail and illustrated by typical examples. In connection with luminescence polarization, special emphasis is placed on triplet-singlet phosphorescence. Reference is made to the importantce of polarization measurements on liquid solutions in biochemistry (study of intermolecular interactions of macromolecules by measurement of the rotational relaxation times).     

Molecular Orientation and Structure in LB Films of a Liquid Crystal MPUOPM Investigated by UV-Vis and IR Spectroscopy

"?Langmuir monolayers and LB films of 4-((s)-2-methylbutoxy)phenyl-(4'-(10-undecen-1-oyloxy)phenyl) methylenimine (MPUOPM) were investigated by ultraviolet-visible, polarized infrared spectroscopy. ?-A isotherms showed well-defined Langmuir monolayers were formed at an air/water interface for the MPUOPM and their mixture with SA. An inflection point at 13 mN/m appeared on the isotherm, which was due to the transition from the monolayer to multilayer. The polarized IR spectra of LB films of MPUOPM had provided new insight into the molecular orientation and structure. In LB films, the tilted angle between the alkyl chain and the normal line of the substrate was 48ffi, the tilted angle between the dipole moment of C=N and the normal line of the substrate was 51ffi. The alkyl chains assumed a trans-zigzag conformation but it included a few gauche conformers. The C=N groups were almost in one plane in the LB films. "     

Investigation of structure–spectroscopy–function relationship of two-dimensional J-aggregates of tetrachlorobenzimidazolocarbocyanine preferentially oriented in poly-vinyl-alcohol thin films

The structure–spectroscopy–function relationship of 1,1′,3,3′-tetraethyl-5,5′,6,6′-tetrachlorobenzimidazolocarbocyanine (TTBC) aggregates is studied using a combination of experimental and theoretical techniques. The aggregates are macroscopically aligned in poly-vinyl-alcohol thin films by vertical spin coating. Angular dependence of the UV–Vis spectra is measured at eleven different orientations between the electric field polarization and the macroscopic alignment axis. The aggregates are characterized by a pair of Davydov split bands with opposite polarization behaviors: an H-band (505 nm) and a J-band (594 nm) polarized respectively, close to being parallel and perpendicular to the alignment axis. Spectral response is interpreted via simulations within the Frenkel exciton formalism. TTBC aggregates are shown to assume very similar internal molecular packing (herringbone) and dynamics of excited states (phonon-assisted intraband and interband relaxations) in ionic aqueous solution and in thin films. The general conclusions on the structure–spectroscopy–function relationship are expected to hold for other cyanine aggregates with the same generic spectral features.