UV-light and visible-light photochromism of inorganic–organic multilayer films based on polyoxometalate and poly(acrylamide)

Novel UV-light and visible-light photochromic inorganic–organic multilayers composed of polyoxometalates (phosphomolybdic acid (PMoA)) and poly(acrylamide) (PAM) were prepared by the layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembly method. The grown process, composition, surface topography, and photochromic properties and mechanism of the multilayer films were investigated by ultraviolet–visible (UV–vis) spectra, Fourier transform infrared spectra (FT-IR), atomic force microscopy (AFM), electron resonance spectra (ESR), and X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS). Irradiation with UV-light or visible-light, the transparent films changed from colorless to blue and showed reversible photochromism. PMoA/PAM LbL films had higher photochromic efficiency under UV-light irradiation than visible-light irradiation. The bleaching process occurred when the films were in contact with O₂ in the dark or heated in air. The photochromic process of PMoA/PAM LbL film was in accordance with radical mechanism.     

Fabrication of self-assembled ultrathin photochromic films containing mixed-addenda polyoxometalates H5[PMo10V2O40] and 1,10-decanediamine

A layered phosphovanadomolybdate/1,10-decanediamine (1,10-DAD) self-assembled ultrathin film was fabricated by means of alternating adsorption of mixed-addenda polyoxometalates (POMs) (phosphovanadomolybdate, H₅[PMo₁₀V₂O₄₀]) and 1,10-DAD, and its photochromic properties were investigated. It is found that the self-assembled multilayer (SAM) film shows high-photochromic response, excellent photochromic stability and reversibility. The photochromic behavior of the SAM is closely related to the reduction potentials of addenda atoms in mixed-addenda POMs. In the case of photo-reduced mixed-addenda POMs, the electron is localized on the more reducible atom, and the addenda atoms with higher reduction potentials show prior photochromism compared with those with lower reduction potentials. The coloration speed is improved after introduction of V into molybdenum POM. The well-ordered lamellar structure of the film was well maintained during the coloration.     

Structure and photochromic properties of molybdenumphosphoric acid/TiO<Subscript>2</Subscript> composite films

TiO₂ sol-gel composite films with dropping molybdenumphosphoric acid (PMoA) have been prepared by sol-gel method. The structure and constitute of composite thin films were studied with Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) atomic force microscopy (AFM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns, respectively. The photochromic behavior and mechanism of composite thin films were investigated with ultraviolet-visible spectra (UV-vis) and electron spin resonance (ESR). FT-IR results showed that the Keggin geometry of PMoA was still preserved inside PMoA/TiO₂ composite thin films, and a charge transfer bridge was built at the interface of PMoA and TiO₂ through the Mo-O-Ti bond. Surface topography of the composite film showed obvious changes before/after adding PMoA, and the surface topography of composite films showed obvious changes before/after irradiating as well. Composite thin film had reversible photochromic properties. Irradiated with UV light, transparent films changed from colorless to blue and they can bleach completely with ambient air in the dark. ESR results showed that TiO₂ were excitated by UV light to produce electrons, which deoxidized PMoA to produce heteropolyblues. The photochromic process of PMoA/TiO₂ system was carried through electron transfer mechanism.     

Preparation and Photochromic Behavior of Novel Hybrid Inorganic—Organic Thin Film

A novel photochromic complex comprising of Keggin type tungstophosphate acid (PW12) and polyacrylamide(PAM) was prepared. FT-IR results showed that the Keggin geometry of PW12 was still preserved inside the composite, and a charge-transfer bridge was built between pw12 and PAM via hydrogen bond. AFM images indicated that surface topography of polymer matrix changed after adding PW12. Under UV irradiation, the film was reduced photochemically to yield a blue species, which was reversible in the present of oxygen in polymeric network.     

Photochromic inorganic-organic multilayer films based on polyoxometalates and poly(ethylenimine)

Novel photochromic inorganic-organic multilayers composed of polyoxometalates and poly(ethylenimine) have been prepared by the layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembly method. The growth process, composition, surface topography, and photochromic properties of the multilayer films were investigated by UV-visible and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, electrospin resonance (ESR), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Irradiated with ultraviolet light, the transparent films changed from colorless to blue. Moreover, the blue films showed good reversibility of photochromism and could recover the colorless state gradually in air, where oxygen plays an important role in the bleaching process. On account of the ESR and XPS results, parts of W6+ in multilayers were reduced to W5+, which exhibited a characteristic blue; a possible photochromic mechanism can be speculated. This work provides basic guideline for the assembly of multilayers with photochromic properties.     

Switching of the helical polymer conformation in a solid polymer film

A chiral photochromic polyisocyanate was incorporated into a solid polymer matrix of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), yielding an isotropic polymer film. Isomerization of the chiral photochromic azo side groups (cis‐trans) triggers a reversible conformational change of the helical polyisocyanate backbone. Thus the chirooptical properties of the film can be switched photochemically. The isomerization of the helix is much slower than the isomerization of the azo side groups. Below T_g , the photochemically modified helix conformation is thus stable, despite thermal relaxation of the azo chromophores.     

Preparation and Photochromic Behavior of Ormosil Containing Encapsulated AgTCNQ Molecules

Preparation and photochromic behavior of ormosil containing encapsulated AgTCNQ molecules were studied in this paper. The ormosil resulted from hydrolysis and polycondensation of glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane, dimethyldimethoxysilane and methyltrimethoxysilane. The time to add AgNO₃ water solution into the resultant sol was a key factor to synthesize AgTCNQ molecules inside ormosil matrix. AgTCNQ molecules encapsulated in the ormosil showed different photochromic behavior compared with pure AgTCNQ film: normal photochromic reaction can be realized, while reverse photochromic reaction can not. The “cage” model was used to explain this phenomenon.     

磺酸功能化的离子液体型多金属氧酸盐的光色性能

发现磺酸功能化离子液体型多金属氧酸盐(IL-POM)具有可逆光色性质,并在紫外光激发下,详细考察了[PyPS]_nH_3-nPW₁₂(n=1,3)(PyPs:吡啶丙磺酸盐)、[PyPS]₄SiW₁₂、[TEAPS]₃PW₁₂(TEAPS:3-(三乙胺基)丙磺酸盐)等样品的光致变色行为。 结果表明,磺酸化的IL-POM是一类弱的电荷转移多金属氧酸盐,但在紫外光激发下有机阳离子和POM阴离子间可以发生电子相互作用,实现W⁶⁺→W⁵⁺的还原,并形成稳定的电荷转移复合物,导致样品显色。 钨磷酸盐的光色性大大强于钨硅酸盐,且空气中避光放置可以消色。 但样品容易疲劳,着色-褪色重复性不好。 对光色机理的研究显示,有机阳离子中的-SO₃H基团作为电子供体参与了变色过程。 揭示了磺酸基团的电子供体作用,为设计电荷转移多金属氧酸盐和POM基光色材料提供了新的思路。     

Photochromic polyoxotungstoeuropate K12[EuP5W30O110]/polyvinylpyrrolidone nanocomposite films

A novel photochromic nanocomposite film containing polyoxotungstoeuropate K₁₂[EuP₅W₃₀O₁₁₀] entrapped in polyvinylpyrrolidone has been prepared through a spin-on coating technique. Thus-obtained amorphous nanocomposite film was characterized by IR spectra, UV-vis absorption spectra, XRD, SEM, TG-DTA, and ESR. Results show that polyoxotungstoeuropate interacts with polyvinylpyrrolidone strongly and disperses homogeneously in the matrix. The composite film exhibits good photochromic properties. When irradiated with UV light, the transparent film changes from colorless to blue. Then, bleaching occurs when the film is in contact with ambient air or O₂ in the dark. The photochromism of the composite film is due to charge transfer by reduction of polyoxotungstoeuropate and oxidation of polyvinylpyrrolidone.     

Synthesis and properties of photochromic liquid-crystalline polyacrylates containing a spirooxazine group

The novel photochromic liquid-crystalline polyacrylates containing a spirooxazine group were synthesized. The photochromic polymer containing (4-penta- methyleneoxy)biphenylene moiety at the 5-position of spironaphthoxazine showed nematic phase from 122.9 to 133.8°C. The photochromic polymer containing undeca- methylene instead of pentamethylene showed smectic phase from 93.1 to 169.7°C. On the other hand, the photochromic polymer containing both undecamethylene as a spacer and spironaphthoxazine-bound biphenylene moiety at 9′-position did not show any liquid crystallinity. All spirooxazine-containing liquid-crystalline polymers showed photochromism in the solid state at room temperature. Because the shape of the absorption spectra of the photochromic quenched liquid-crystalline polymer films was almost the same as those of the photochromic amorphous polymer films, the photochromic properties did not depend on the mesophase in the polymers examined. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 37: 3513–3522, 1999     

高效率变色WO3多聚体/1,10-DAD自组装薄膜的制备

新型复合材料能够将多种特异性能结合在一种材料上,为未来的光电材料提供了广阔的应用前景[1,2].无机光电致变色材料因其在信息显示、传感器、调光器件和高密度存储等领域有显著的应用前景而倍受人们的关注[3－6].一般常规方法(物理沉积方法和化学沉积方法等)制备的半导体氧化物光电致变色材料存在着结构无定形、变色响应较慢、变色可逆疲劳等问题,限制了其进一步的应用.分子沉积膜（MolecularDeposition）技术[7,8]能有效构建纳米量级上高度有序的介观结构复合材料,能为新型无机变色材料的设计和构建提供技术支持.　　本研究组已成功地…     

Incorporation of a photochromic hinge in a rodlike polypeptide and its influence on dielectric and optical properties

A hinged, photoresponsive polypeptide (PAzP) was prepared and the effect of the photochromic hinge on the dielectric and photoisomerization behavior of the polymer in solution was probed. Polymerization of N‐carboxyanhydride of γ‐benzyl‐L ‐glutamate was carried out with two different bifunctional photochromic amine initiators: di[(mercaptoethylamine)‐methylpropanamide]azobenzene (DMMPAB) and diaminoazobenzene (DAAB). Careful structural comparison of the polymers revealed that the basicity of the initiator plays a key role in determining the shape and structure of the polymer. Specifically, the use of a novel initiator DMMPAB prepared by the addition of flexible aliphatic amine substituents onto DAAB resulted in a hinged polymer (PAzP1), in which a single photochromic hinge was located within the polymer chain (M_w ～ 36 kDa). In contrast, direct initiation with DAAB resulted in a polymer (PAzP2) in which the photochromic moiety was preferentially near the terminus of the polymer chain (M_w ～ 21 kDa) and the polymer possessed a significant degree of asymmetry. Dielectric spectroscopy revealed that, in spite of a higher molecular weight, PAzP1 had a lower rotational relaxation time (2.72 μs) in solution than that of PAzP2 (4.41 μs). The residual dipole moment for the hinged PAzP1 was also smaller than that observed for PAzP2. The hinged polypeptide PAzP1 prepared from DMMPAB showed uniform photoisomerization between cis and trans states. However, the presence of flexible aliphatic amine substituents on DMMPAB caused the rate of isomerization of PAzP1 to be similar to the initiator DMMPAB. Optical characterization revealed that heterogeneity in the structure of PAzP2 was manifested as nonuniform rates of photoisomerization and thermal relaxation. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 39: 2759–2773, 2001     

Photochromism and electrochemistry of a dithienylcyclopentene electroactive polymer

A bifunctional substituted dithienylcyclopentene photochromic switch bearing electropolymerisable methoxystyryl units, which enable immobilization of the photochromic unit on conducting substrates, is reported. The spectroscopic, electrochemical, and photochemical properties of a monomer in solution are compared with those of the polymer formed through oxidative electropolymerization. The electroactive polymer films prepared on gold, platinum, glassy carbon, and indium titanium oxide (ITO) electrodes were characterized by cyclic voltammetry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The thickness of the films formed is found to be limited to several monolayer equivalents. The photochromic properties and stability of the polymer films have been investigated by UV/vis spectroscopy, electrochemistry, and XPS. Although the films are electrochemically and photochemically stable, their mechanical stability with respect to adhesion to the electrode was found to be sensitive to both the solvent and the electrode material employed, with more apolar solvents, glassy carbon, and ITO electrodes providing good adhesion of the polymer film. The polymer film is formed consistently as a thin film and can be switched both optically and electrochemically between the open and closed state of the photochromic dithienylethene moiety.     

Accelerating the thermal fading rate of photochromic naphthopyrans by pillar[5]arene-based conjugated macrocycle polymer

A new micro-spherical conjugated macrocycle polymer (P[5]-TFB-CMP) was prepared by the condensation reaction between dihydrazide functionalized pillar[5]arene and 1,3,5-triformylbenzene under ambient conditions. P[5]-TFB-CMP exhibits large surface area with excellent thermal stability and has been used as additive to prepare composite PMMA film of photochromic naphthopyrans. The results showed that the addition of P[5]-TFB-CMP could dramatically accelerate the thermal fading rate of the photochromic composite film by up to 12 times. This is a new strategy to overcome the drawback of the matrix effect.     

Time-resolved fluorescence study on the photomerocyanine form of spiropyran and its derivative with azobenzene

The excited state dynamics of the photomerocyanine (PMC) form originating from spirobenzopyran and the bi-functional photochromic compound spirobenzopyran–azobenzene (SpAz), containing typical photochromic molecules of spirobenzopyran (Sp) and azobenzene (Az), were investigated using picosecond time-resolved fluorescence measurements in solution at 200 and 285 K and in a PMMA polymer film at 298 K. While the fluorescence lifetimes of PMC were about twice as long as those of SpAz under all experimental conditions, both lifetimes showed similar strong dependence on viscosity rather than temperature. These results suggest that non-radiative decay to an intermediate state could be accompanied by a significant conformational change. The effect of the Az moiety in this relaxation process is also discussed. It is unlikely that an energy transfer from the PMC moiety to the Az moiety occurs. It was concluded that the PMC moiety in the bi-functional SpAz is independent from the Az moiety.     

含席夫碱基的螺吡喃双功能光致变色材料的合成及性质

设计合成了一系列含席夫碱基的螺吡喃双功能光致变色材料4a~4n. 通过1H NMR, IR和HRMS对其结构进行了表征. 研究了化合物在几种溶剂和PMMA膜中的光致变色性质, 研究了化合物4a在甲醇中, 以及化合物4a和4f在高分子介质聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)中的消色过程. 结果表明, 化合物4e在PMMA膜中光照后呈现出与其它化合物不同的颜色, 为罕见的绿色. 化合物4a在二氯甲烷溶液中有良好的荧光性能. 所合成的新型含席夫碱基的螺吡喃双功能光致变色材料在甲醇、二氯甲烷和环己烷溶液中及在PMMA膜中均表现出良好的光致变色性质.     

Synthesis and Photochromism of Novel Spiro(indoline-2,3'-naphtho[2,1-b][1,4]oxazine)

A series of novel spirooxazine(SPO) derivatives containing nitrogen heterocycles was synthesized and characterized by ¹H NMR spectra, Fourier transform infrared(FTIR) spectra, mass spectra(MS) and elemental analysis, and their photochromic behaviors were fully investigated in solvents and polymer media. In solvents, they displayed excellent photochromism properties such as high photochromic response and fast thermal bleaching rate. Especially, compounds 1 and 4 exhibited strong fluorescence intensities in dichloromethane solution. It was additionally found that compound 4 showed high fatigue resistence in poly(methyl methacrylate)(PMMA) film, and the thermal decay curves were fitted with biexponential function in PMMA film.     

具有多个光致变色单元的二芳基乙烯分子光密度的增加

3,4-Diaryl-2,5-dihydropyrrole with multiphotochromophore units la was synthesized and its photochromic properties were investigated. It showed that all photochromophore units underwent reversible ring-opening （1a） and ring-closing （1b） photoisomerization reactions in both solution and polymer film with UV/Vis light irradiation, and photochromic properties of la were similar to those of photochromic diarylethene with monophotochromophore 2a. It was found that the optical density of lb was increased linearly with increase of the photochromophore units by comparison with that of 2b in the same condition. It was also found that no significant changes in absorption band and response time between diarylethenes with multiphotochromophores and monophotochromophore were detected in the same condition.     

Synthesis and characterization of novel photoisomerizable liquid crystalline polymers containing cinnamoyl groups

A series of novel liquid crystalline monomers and polymers incorporating phenylbenzoate or phenylcinnamate segments as mesogenic cores have been synthesized to investigate the sensitivity of the photochromic cinnamoyl derivatives and to overcome the defects of the thermal instability of azobenzene. Their liquid crystalline, thermal, and photoinduced properties of all monomers and polymers were characterized. The polymers showed excellent solubility in common organic solvents such as CHCl₃, toluene, and DMF and exhibited good thermal stability with decomposition temperatures (T_d) at 5% weight loss greater than 340 °C and about 50% weight loss occurred beyond 430 °C under nitrogen atmosphere. The pitch length (about 574 nm) of the synthesized cholesteric polymeric film ( CP2 ) was estimated using scanning electron microscopy. These photochromic polymers exhibited strong UV–vis absorption maxima at about 264 or 320 nm. Moreover, photo induced configurational E/Z isomerization further changed the π‐electron conjugation systems leading to a decrease at the π‐π* transition and an increase in the range of 300 nm to 400 nm for photochromic copolymers. The thermal stability of the Z‐structural segment was confirmed by heating the polymer at 50 °C for over 5 h. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 46: 1289–1304, 2008     

吲哚啉苯并螺呲喃类化合物的合成和应用

吲(口朶)啉苯并螺吡喃类化合物具有明显的光致变色性能。我们合成了6′-碘-1,3,3-三甲基吲(口朶)啉-2-螺环-2′-苯并吡喃及一些不同取代的吲(口朶)啉苯并螺吡喃化合物并对其色变性能进行了初步探讨。用这些化合物与光致抗蚀干膜G11胶制成了一种新型光致变色抗蚀干膜。将底片覆盖在此膜上,经紫外线照射后呈现出明显的色差,显示出的图象可保留24小时以上。