Synthesis and Properties of a New Diarylethene with Two Different Substituents for Optical Recording

Abstract:

A new photochromic compound 1-(2,5-dimethyl-3-thienyl)-2-(2-methyl-5-(1-formyl-2- methoxyl-5-phenyl)-3-thienyl)perfluorocyclopentene (1a) was synthesized, its photochromic properties were examined, the result indicated that the color of the compound 1a changed from colorless to a purple one upon irradiation with 297 nm UV light, a new absorption maxima were observed at 542 and 557 nm in hexane and PMMA film, respectively. The new photochromic compound also exhibited remarkable optical recording character.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 327)
• Pages: 23-26
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.327.23
• Online since: September 2011
• Authors: Shi Qiang Cui, Shou Zhi Pu, Wei Jun Liu
• Keywords: Diarylethene, Different Substituents, Optical Recording, Photochromism

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