一种新型偶氮染料在扭曲向列相液晶显示取向中的应用

研究了一种新型偶氮材料sy03在光控取向中的应用。将sy03加入聚酰亚胺SE-3310(Nissan)与N,N-二甲基甲酰胺(DMF)的混合溶液中作为90°扭曲向列相液晶显示(Twisted nematic liquid crystal display,TN-LCD)的光取向材料,测量由它作为取向膜的扭曲向列型盒的电光特性与仅用SE-3310取向的扭曲向列型盒电光特性比较,发现sy03偶氮的加入使得扭曲向列型盒的响应时间短到98 ms、阈值电压也降低到1.7 V左右。而且随曝光时间的增加,响应时间和衬比度都有所提高,电光响应曲线也更为陡峭。加热到150℃后,其电光特性并没有明显变化,证明了它良好的热稳定性。最后通过测量偏振紫外吸收光谱,分析得出液晶分子易取向方向与激发光源偏振方向垂直。     

Influence of amidoammonium calix[4]resorcinarenes on methyl orange protolytic equilibrium: supramolecular indicator systems

Here, we report on the study of cationic amidoammonium calix[4]resorcinarenes 1–5 of various lipophilicity capable of binding acid–base indicator methyl orange (MO). We identified the contributions of macrocycle aggregation and conformational mobility in the binding of MO. The effective pK_a values of bound MO systematically decrease as the size and the packing density of the aggregates increase with an increase in calixresorcinarene lipophilicity. Consideration of a series of macrocycles clearly shows that large aggregates form most stable complexes, binding guests not on individual level but as aggregates. It was found that the most stable MO complex with 5 is formed due to electrostatic binding with ammonium groups of the macrocycle and incapsulation of MO in a hydrophobic layer of the aggregates. We have shown that competitive binding of MO and cationic surfactants by aggregates of 5 is suitable for visual/spectrophotometric detection of colourless anionic substrates.     

Three-dimensional vector holograms in photoreactive polymer dissolved liquid crystal composite

A detailed analysis of three-dimensional vector holograms is presented which were recorded in a photoreactive polymer dissolved liquid crystal. The diffraction properties of resultant periodic anisotropic structures were investigated. Experimental observations confirmed that the diffraction efficiencies of the structures varied with slight changes of the grating pitch, and also that they strongly depended on the incident angle of the probe beam. These diffraction properties were explained by the finite-difference time-domain optical simulations.     

存在光致异构化情况下掺杂液晶非线性增强因子的微观形式

针对偶氮染料掺杂向列型液晶的光学重新取向问题，采用一个与实际光致异构化过程更为接近的染料分子四能级模型，并通过微观分析方法求解四能级速率方程组，得到了与系统分子参数有关的增强因子微观表达式.该表达式说明了偶氮染料掺杂液晶取向光学非线性增强的根源，揭示了在存在光致异构和不存在光致异构两种情况下液晶取向光学非线性增强的内在特点和机理.从四能级模型增强因子出发，通过合并其中某些参数，或使其中某些参数为零，推得了三能级模型下增强因子的形式和入射光波长不处于顺式吸收带内时增强因子的表达式.通过比较分析，说明了用四能级模型解释偶氮染料掺杂向列型液晶非线性增强机理具有优越性.并指出，当入射光波长不处于顺式吸收带时，在快速响应条件下，理论与Marrucci针对蒽醌染料掺杂液晶提出的修正理论具有一致性. 关键词： 四能级模型 偶氮染料掺杂液晶 光学重新取向 光致异构化     

极化条件对偶氮化合物薄膜中分子取向的影响

 为探索不同的极化条件对分子取向的影响,用旋涂法制备了偶氮主客体掺杂薄膜,并用电晕极化的方法分别在不同温度和厚度条件下使分子取向,通过测量极化前后紫外-可见吸收谱,研究了平均取向因子的变化,并和二次谐波产生结果进行了比较。实验结果表明：对于厚度相同的偶氮薄膜,随着温度的升高,平均取向因子增大,但二次谐波信号强度先增大后减小;温度越接近聚合物玻璃转变温度,分子越容易取向,但温度过高,聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯变为粘滞态,部分偶氮分子容易在高温下蒸发掉,导致二次谐波信号强度降低,而平均取向因子增大;随着薄膜厚度的增大,针-板电极电场造成薄膜内部电场分布的不均匀性增加,极化效率降低,平均取向因子不断减小,二次谐波信号强度先增大后减小。     

Increasing the rewriting speed of optical rewritable e-paper by selecting proper liquid crystals

The effect of interaction between liquid crystal(LC) and photoalignment material on the speed of optical rewriting process is investigated.The theoretical analysis shows that a smaller frank elastic constant K 22 of liquid crystal corresponds to a larger twist angle,which gives rise to a larger rewriting speed.Six different LC cells with the same boundary conditions(one substrate is covered with rubbed polyimide(PI) and the other with photo sensitive rewritable sulfuric dye 1(SD1)) are tested experimentally under the same illumination intensity(450 nm,80 mW/cm 2).The results demonstrate that with a suitable liquid crystal,the LC optical rewriting speed for e-paper application can be obviously improved.For two well known LC materials E7(K22 is larger) and 5CB(K22 is smaller),they require 11 s and 6 s corresponding to change alignment direction for generating image information.     

Increasing the rewriting e-paper by selecting speed of optical rewritable proper liquid crystals

The effect of interaction between liquid crystal （LC） and photoalignment material on the speed of optical rewriting process is investigated. The theoretical analysis shows that a smaller frank elastic constant K22 of liquid crystal corresponds to a larger twist angle, which gives rise to a larger rewriting speed. Six different LC cells with the same boundary conditions （one substrate is covered with rubbed polyimide （PI） and the other with photo sensitive rewritable sulfuric dye I（SD1）） are tested experimentally under the same illumination intensity （450 nm, 80 mW/cm2）. The results demonstrate that with a suitable liquid crystal, the LC optical rewriting speed for e-paper application can be obviously improved. For two well known LC materials E7 （K22 is larger） and 5CB （K22 is smaller）, they require 11 s and 6 s corresponding to change alignment direction for generating image information.     

Optically induced birefringence in dye-doped blue phase liquid crystals

This paper investigates the photoinduced change of refractive index in dye (methyl red, MR)-doped blue phase (DDBP) cells by illumination of a pump beam. Through excitation of light irradiation with proper photon energy, MR can transform from trans-state to cis-state and successively diffuse and anisotropically adsorb on the inner glass substrate of the DDBP cell along the direction perpendicular to the polarisation of the pump beam. The adsorbed MR molecules can effectively rotate the orientation of the liquid crystal (LC) molecules and thereby modulate the effective refractive index of the DDBP cell. The SEM images of the adsorbed regions of the illuminated DDBP samples were also taken for discussing the relation between the pump intensity and the photoinduced birefringence.     

A new lawsone azo-dye for optical sensing of Fe3+ and Cu2+ and their DFT study

A new lawsone-based azo-dye 2-hydroxy-3-((pyridin-2-ylmethyl)diazenyl)naphthalene-1,4-dione (1) was synthesized and applied for sensing of metal ions. Receptor 1 showed selective fluorescent and colorimetric response for the detection of Cu²⁺ and Fe³⁺ over other tested metal ions. The fluorescence intensity of 1 was significantly quenched allowing detection of Fe³⁺ and Cu²⁺ down to 0.61 and 6.06 μM, respectively. The binding has been established by fluorescence spectroscopic method. Receptor 1 provided a 1?:?1 binding scaffold for recognition of Fe³⁺ and Cu²⁺ ions with the association constant of 3.33 × 10⁶ and 3.33 × 10⁵ M^?1, respectively. The B3LYP/6-31G/LANL2DZ method was employed for the optimization of 1 and 1·Fe³⁺ and 1·Cu²⁺.