Cation-dependent pericyclic reactions of crown-containing photochromic compounds

The review is devoted to the photochromism of pericyclic reactions of crown-containing photochromic systems. The complex formation of photochromic crown ethers with metal cations has a substantial effect on both the spectral characteristics of molecules and occurrence of photochromic reactions. A possibility to create systems with photocontrolled complex-forming properties is an attractive feature of the novel systems.     

Chromogenic WPA/TiO 2 Hybrid Gels and Films

A novel low-temperature electrochromic and photochromic material in the form of gels and thin solid films composed of H₃PW₁₂O₄₀·nH₂O (WPA) incorporated in titanium oxide gel issued of Ti(OPr ⁱ )₄ with addition of acetic acid were made via the sol-gel route by the dip-coating technique. Gels in bulk and thin film forms have been studied with the help of FT-IR transmission, reflection absorption and Raman spectroscopy. Similarity of the characteristic band frequencies with pure WPA confirmed that entrapped Keggin salt is well preserved inside the gel. Photochromism of WPA/TiO₂ gels which appears after short exposure to UV (λ=366 nm) radiation is related to the excitation effect of branched alcohol leading to formation of carbonyl modes due to the alcohol transformation to aldehyde. Electrochromic properties of WPA/TiO₂ gel films were tested in aqueous 0.001M HClO₄ and 0.1M LiClO₄ electrolytes as well as in the sol-gel electrochromic device (ECD) composed of LiClO₄ doped ormolyte and Sb:Mo:SnO₂ counter electrode film with optically passive response. Slight improvement of the WPA/TiO₂ intercalation/deintercalation kinetics was obtained with the films exhibiting one order of magnitude higher electronic conductivity which were made with addition of in situ polymerized pyrrole with Fe(NO₃)₃.     

端基含4个丁氧基苯介晶基元光致变色液晶树状物的合成、结构及液晶性研究

合成了周边含4个丁氧基偶氮苯介晶基元(M5)端基新的零代光致变色液晶树状物(D0),并用元素分析、核磁共振、基质辅助激光解吸飞行时间质谱、红外、紫外、偏光显微镜、差示扫描量热(DSC)和广角X射线衍射法(WAXD)表征.D0显示向列相,与M5相同,树状物相态由介晶基元相态所决定,D0的相行为:K138N147I145N118K.对零代(D0)、一代(D1)、二代(D2)和三代(D3)液晶树状物的清亮焓、清亮熵、熔化焓和熔化熵进行了比较.     

Photochromic Dithienylethene‐Containing Triarylborane Derivatives: Facile Approach to Modulate Photochromic Properties with Multi‐addressable Functions

A series of dithienylethene‐containing triarylboranes has been designed, synthesized, and characterized. The electrochemistry, photophysics, and photochromic behavior have also been studied. The photophysical and photochromic properties could be facilely tuned in this system by varying the thiophene spacers (thiophene, thienothiophene, and bithiophene) between the dithienylethene and the dimesitylboron (BMes₂) or the position of the BMes₂ substitution in the thiophene spacers. The absorption of closed form has been found to be more sensitive towards the structural modification upon incorporation of the BMes₂ unit. Moreover, multi‐addressable photochromic reactivity is obtained upon addition of Lewis base (F^?), which is due to the formation of boron–Lewis base adduct. The dependence of the photophysical and photochromic properties on the thiophene spacers and the position of the BMes₂ substitution has been further supported by computational studies.     

含硝基二代光致变色液晶树枝状大分子的光化学研究

研究了树外围含36个硝基偶氮苯端基新型二代碳硅烷光致变色液晶树枝状大分子(G₂)在溶液中的最大吸收波长, 摩尔消光系数, 反-顺光异构化反应速率常数, 热回复异构化反应速率常数, 光化学回复异构化反应平衡常数及速率常数. G₂的光致变色反应速率常数的数量级为10^－1 s^－1, 而含偶氮端基侧链聚硅氧烷的光致变色反应速率常数的数量级为10^－8 s^－1, 因此, 液晶树枝状大分子的光响应速率比后者快10⁷倍. G₂的光化学回复异构化反应平衡常数k_t/k_c为1.77～1.97, 有作为光控开关材料的应用前景.     

螺噁嗪光致变色反应机理研究进展

20世纪80年代中期以来, 关于螺噁嗪在光致变色过程中的光化学和光物理现象的研究非常活跃. 综述了近20年来对溶液中的螺噁嗪、晶体螺噁嗪以及固体介质中的螺噁嗪的光致变色机理研究结果, 同时介绍了实验研究方法和理论研究方法在螺噁嗪光致变色过程研究中的应用, 分析了取代基对光致变色性质的影响. 阐述了机理研究对新型螺噁嗪设计合成的重要指导意义.     

含三苯胺基团的二噻吩乙烯光致变色化合物的合成及性能研究

以5-氯-2-甲基-3-乙酰基噻吩和二苯氨基苯甲醛为原料,经Aldol反应、Michael反应及McMurry反应,将光致变色单元和三苯胺基团结合起来,合成了三种二噻吩乙烯类光致变色化合物1a～1c,并通过MS,¹H NMR和¹³C NMR对其结构进行了表征.与以往主要从两侧噻吩环引入不同功能性基团的研究不同,本文将具有荧光性的三苯胺基团通过单键桥连至环戊烯β位上,在保持光致变色反应活性的同时,也避免其它功能性基团对二噻吩乙烯骨架的影响.通过紫外-可见吸收光谱和荧光光谱研究了其在溶液及聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯薄膜中的光致变色性能和荧光性能.在302 nm紫外光照射下,1a～1c的溶液和薄膜由无色变为黄色,并能快速达到光稳态;用450 nm蓝光照射时,能在较短时间内恢复至无色.在紫外光的激发下,1a～1c的最大荧光发射波长随着取代基R供电子效应的增强而增大;1a～1c在正己烷、甲苯和乙酸乙酯中具有较强的荧光,在乙腈中荧光较弱,而在氯仿中几乎没有荧光.在302 nm紫外光照射下,1a～1c的三苯胺基团和二噻吩环戊烯基团之间发生荧光共振能量转移,其荧光强度随着光照时间的延长逐渐降低,表明其具有作为荧光分子开关的潜力.     

杂多蓝的结构及其光化学研究进展

本文介绍了关于杂多蓝(HPB)的结构及其光化学的最新研究进展,特别对新型结构HPB的合成、电子结构的计算化学、光致还原反应制备新型纳米金属材料、有机-无机光致变色复合薄膜、HPB对半导体材料的协同与敏化作用、以及特殊结构的HPB在光化学反应中的应用重点进行了阐述,并就合成新型结构杂多酸进而调变杂多蓝性质,及它们在光化学领域中的应用进行了展望。     

光致变色的PW12/1,10DAD自组装超晶格多层膜

本文报道了在固体基底表面上用PE方法连续自组装沉积PW₁₂和1,10-DAD分子,构建了PW₁₂/1,10-DAD自组装多层膜.紫外-可见吸收、X射线衍射等分析结果表明此多层膜有好的超晶格结构,层间距为3.19nm.与真空蒸镀WO₃薄膜相比,PW₁₂/1,10-DAD自组装多层膜表现出更好的光致变色特性.     

Heading to photoswitchable magnets

The review concerns the strategic approaches to the photomodulation of the magnetic properties of molecular hybrid compounds combining magnetic and optical properties. The approaches developed include photocontrol of intra- and intermolecular magnetic coupling and manipulation of the effect of the photochromic sublattice on the bulk behavior of molecular magnets. In the framework of the first approach, we consider photoinduced charge-transfer phase transitions, changes in the spin state of magnetic centers, photoswitching of intramolecular exchange interactions between magnetic centers connected by a photochromic bridge, and generation of high-spin organic molecules forming high-spin groups due to intermolecular exchange interactions. In the framework of the second approach, we discuss hybrid polyfunctional compounds combining magnetic and photochromic sublattices in the same crystal lattice, as well as intercalation of organic photochromes into voids or inter-layer space of organic magnetics (or vice versa). Creation of such materials allows not only several functions to be combined in the same lattice, which is important for reducing the size of hardware components, but also these properties to be controlled and modified through synergistic effects. The results of basic research suggest that novel materials for various practical applications can be created using principles of crystal chemical engineering. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 704–721, April, 2008.