Photochromic properties of novel diarylethenes and application of optical recording in PMMA film

Shouzhi Pu; Tianshe Yang; Gang Liu; Congbin Fan

doi:10.1117/12.708001

8 September 2006 Photochromic properties of novel diarylethenes and application of optical recording in PMMA film

Shouzhi Pu, Tianshe Yang, Gang Liu, Congbin Fan

Proceedings Volume 6343, Photonics North 2006; 63433D (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.708001
Event: Photonics North 2006, 2006, Quebec City, Canada

Abstract

Two new photochromic diarylethene compounds, {[1-(2-methyl-5-(4-(2-(1,3-dioxolane))phenyl)),2-(2-methyl-5-(p-methylphenyl))]thien-3-yl}perfluorocyclopentene (1a) and {[1-(2-methyl-5-(4-(2-(1,3-dioxolane))phenyl)),2-(2-methyl-5-(4-formyl- phenyl))]thien-3-yl}perfluorocyclopentene (2a), were synthesized. Their spectra properties, such as UV-Vis absorption spectra, fluorescence and kinetics properties in solution were also investigated. Diarylethene 1a shows relatively strong fluorescence at 353 nm when excited at 295 nm, and 2a shows no fluorescence under the same experimental condition. The cyclization/cycloreversion processes of the two diarylethenes were determined to be zeroth/first order reaction, respectively. In addition, photo-mode multi-step optical storage using 2a as recording medium was performed successfully.

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Shouzhi Pu, Tianshe Yang, Gang Liu, and Congbin Fan "Photochromic properties of novel diarylethenes and application of optical recording in PMMA film", Proc. SPIE 6343, Photonics North 2006, 63433D (8 September 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.708001

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