Synthesis, Properties and Application in Optical Memory of a New Photochromic Diarylethene

Abstract:

A new photochromic diarylethene compound, 1-[2-methyl-3-benzothiophene]-2- [5-(3-chlorobenzene)-2-methyl-3-thienyl]perfluorocyclopentene(1a), was synthesized and its photochromism and photo-induced anisotropy was investigated. It showed good photochromism and functioned as an effective fluorescent photoswitch in solution. In hexane, the open-ring isomer of the diarylethene 1a exhibited relatively strong fluorescence at 417 nm when excited at 315 nm. In PMMA film, diarylethene 1a also showed good photochromism.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 474-476)
• Pages: 1259-1262
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.474-476.1259
• Online since: April 2011
• Authors: Ming Liu, Wei Li, Shou Zhi Pu, Gang Liu, Shi Qiang Cui
• Keywords: Diarylethene, Fluorescence, Optical Recording, Photochromism

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