Dual-mode optical switching property of copolymers containing pendant nitro and cyano substituted azobenzenes and fulgimide units |
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Authors: | C Saravanan |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, Anna University, Sardar Patel Road, Chennai 600 025, Tamil Nadu, India |
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Abstract: | Homo/co-poly(decyloxymethacrylate)s containing thermally reversible nitro and cyano substituted azobenzenes and thermally irreversible fulgimide units in the pendant respectively were synthesized by free radical addition polymerization method and investigated their photochromic property. The dual-mode optical switching property of copolymers F-co-N and F-co-C was investigated and revealed C-form of fulgimide in F-co-N altered the electron withdrawing nature of nitro group in the terminal azobenzene. The UV exposed films of F-co-N and F-co-C were annealed around their Tg and found that thermally reversible cis-form of azobenzene isomerized to trans-form and thermally irreversible C-form of fulgimide unaltered. Both photochromic units in the resultant film were converted into planar configurations with good fluorescence property. |
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Keywords: | Azobenzene Coloration Decoloration Fulgimide Molecular optical switch Absorbance |
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