Synthesis and Application of Photochromic Materials in Holographic Recording of a Asymmetrical Diarylethene

Abstract:

A novel unsymmetrical diarylethene derivative containing thiophene moieties, in which a methoxy group was substituted at the para-positions of the terminal phenyl ring, was synthesized. Its photochromic properties were investigated in detail, the results indicated that the diarylethene 1o changed the color from colorless to blue, which the absorption maxima were observed at 611 and 627 nm in hexane and PMMA film when irradiation with 297 nm UV light. Additionally, the open-ring isomer of the diarylethene 1o exhibited relatively strong fluorescence at 305 nm in hexane when excited at 322 nm and the fluorescence intensity progressively decreased accompany with the photocyclization occurs. Finally, using this diarylethene as recording medium, polarization optical recording was carried out successfully.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 763)
• Pages: 88-92
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.763.88
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Ren Jie Wang, Pan Pan Ren, Shi Qiang Cui, Shou Zhi Pu
• Keywords: Diarylethene, Fluorescence Switching, Optical Recording, Photochromism

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