Synthesis of novel (-)-menthol-based azobenzene chiral liquid crystals and effect of terminal alkyl chains on mesomorphic behaviour

ABSTRACT

A series of novel azobenzene chiral liquid crystals (Mt4AZOnB) containing (-)-menthyl were successfully synthesised. Terminal alkyl chains of the molecules varied from methyl to hexyl. The chemical structures were characterised by Fourier transform infrared and ¹H-NMR spectra. Liquid crystalline behaviour of the chiral liquid crystals was characterised by differential scanning calorimetry and polarising optical microscopy. The effect of terminal alkyl chains on mesomorphic and photoisomerisation behaviour of azobenzene-based liquid crystals is discussed. The lower members (n = 1, 2, 3, 4) are monotropic and only the higher members (n = 5, 6) show enantiotropic behaviour. These compounds show a distinct odd-even effect for the phase transition temperature when the parity of the terminal chain is varied.     

Theory of Light-Induced Deformation of Azobenzene Elastomers

Summary: A microscopic theory is proposed to describe light-induced deformation of photo-sensitive elastomers bearing azobenzene chromophores in their strands. We use an orientation approach in which it is assumed that the light-induced deformation is caused by reorientation of azobenzene chromophores with respect to the electric vector of the linearly polarized light, E , due to the trans-cis-trans photoisomerizaion process whose efficiency depends on the orientation of the chromophores with respect to the vector E . In the framework of the Gaussian approximation for elasticity of network strands it is shown that the value of the light-induced deformation depends on the chemical structure of network strands, namely, on the orientation distribution of chromophores around the main chains which is related to the length and elasticity of spacers. Depending on the chemical structure, azobenzene elastomers can demonstrate expansion or uniaxial contraction along the vector E , as well as non-monotonic deformation with increasing light intensity (expansion at small light intensities and contraction at high ones).     

有机分子偶氮苯在高岭石表面吸附研究

利用Gaussian 98软件,采用量子化学从头算计算方法,研究有机分子偶氮苯在高岭石表面的吸附作用.不同位置的吸附结果比较表明,吸附后体系稳定性强弱及电子发生转移的可能性大小依次是平行于硅氧烷表面、平行(010)面、平行[AlO4]八面体表面.芳香环上的π键和硅氧烷表面的O原子均相互作用,电子从偶氮苯上的C和N原子流向高岭石表面的O原子.对吸附复合物进行了X射线粉末衍射(XRD)、红外光谱(FTIR)测试及结构分析,结果表明,偶氮苯吸附到高岭石的硅氧烷表面.     

Synthesis,structure and nonlinear optical properties of two novel two-photon absorption chromophores

Two triphenylamine-based derivatives that can be used as two-photon absorption chromophore,tris{4-[4-(3-trifluoromethyl-3-oxopanoyl)]phenyl}amine (1) and tris{4-[4-(3-phenyl-3-oxopanoyl)] phenyl} amine (2) were successfully synthesized and fully characterized by elemental analysis,IR,1H NMR and MS. The single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis showed that the molecules possess D-(π-A)3 structures. One-and two-photon absorption and fluorescence in various solvents were experimentally investigated. A data rec...     

Synthesis and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Chromophores with 1,8-Dimethoxy-9,10-dihydroanthracene and Ring-locked Triene

The new chromophore molecules with nonlinear optical （NLO） properties were prepared by Knoevenagel condensation from 1,8-dimethoxy-4,5-diformyl-9,10-dihydroanthracene and isophorone derivative in the presence of piperidine and acetic acid. In these chromophore, the ring-locked trienes were employed as the conjugation bridge and electron acceptor in D-π-A units. The key intermediate dialdehyde was conveniently prepared via a three step reaction, in which 1,8-dimethoxyanthraquinone was reduced with zinc/acetic acid and sodium/ethanol successively, followed by formylation with 1,1-dichlorodimethyl ether in the presence of TiCI4. The solvatochromism and UV spectra indicate that they have higher second-order nonlinear hyperpolarizability μβ values than the corresponding reference compound, without red shift of the charge transfer band.     

Preparation and Nonlinear Optical Property of Azobenzene Substituted Polyacetylene

Two new functional polyacetylenes bearing different azobenzene group, -{ HC=C[azo-N （CH3）CH2CH2OH] } n-, [poly（EHAB）; azo = 4,4＇-azobenzene] and - { HC=C[azo-N（CH3）CH2CH2O COC3H7]},-, [poly（EEAB）]} were prepared by [Rh（nbd）Cl]2-Et3N catalysts. Poly（EHAB） has poor solubility while poly（EEAB） can be dissolved in common solvent. The polymers were characterized by FHR, ^1H NMR, UV and GPC. The nonlinear optical property of the soluble poly（EEAB） was investigated with 8 ns width pulse at 532 nm by Z-scan technique. The results show that poly（EEAB） is endowed with the larger third-order nonlinear optical property.     

Nonlinear optical properties of novel H-shaped chromophores

Novel and effective H-shaped chromophores were doped into polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) to form guest-host polymer thin films.The measurement results of Maker fringe method show that the polymer thin films containing the H-shaped chromophores as a guest exhibit high second harmonic coefficients (d33) compared with other two-dimensional chromophores.     

含苯并噻唑氟化聚酰亚胺制备及非线性光学性质

采用Mitsunobu反应将杂环偶氮生色分子键入氟化聚酰亚胺母体制备新型的侧链含氟聚酰亚胺非线性光学(NLO)材料.采用傅里叶变换红外(FT-IR)光谱、紫外-可见(UV-Vis)光谱、1H核磁共振(1HNMR)谱和凝胶色谱(GPC)对材料进行表征.热分析结果表明侧链型聚酰亚胺具有较高的玻璃化转变温度(Tg)(184-188℃),热分解温度(Td)高达322℃.采用简单全反射法于1550nm处测定聚酰亚胺的电光系数(γ33),含苯并噻唑偶氮苯胺的聚酰亚胺(PI1)具有较高的电光系数15pm·V-1.     

Films made of substituted azobenzene polycomplexes with cobalt for polarization holography

We have studied the possibility of recording holograms in films of the 4-methacroyloxy-(4′-carboxy-3′-hydroxy)-2-chloroazobenzene polycomplex with cobalt, with parallel and orthogonal orientation of the light beam polarization. We have shown that these films can be used as recording media for polarization holography. The characteristic features of relaxation of the diffraction efficiency of the holograms are connected with cistrans isomerization of the azobenzene groups and the characteristic features of structural rearrangement in the polymer matrix. We hypothesize that the information-related characteristics of the studied recording media can be controlled by external electric or magnetic fields, due to the presence of magnetic metal ions within the polymer film. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 74, No. 6, pp. 830–832, November–December, 2007.     

新型偶氮苯金属配合物的合成与性能

合成了新型偶氮苯金属配合物。分别采用光谱分析、热分析及X射线衍射测试技术对产物进行了表征和测试。结果表明,连接偶氮苯和金属配合物之间碳链的长度对该化合物的相转变和荧光特性具有特殊的影响。该系列化合物在紫外光和热作用下具有99%以上的偶氮苯顺-反异构化反应效率;具有290和560 nm这2个波段的荧光发射光谱。由其中1个金属配合物分散在聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯网络而形成的介质可作为全息信息存储材料而实现全息图像的写入和读出。