Design and photoinduced surface relief grating formation of photoresponsive azobenzene based molecular materials with ruthenium acetylides

Gherab, Kichou N. and Gatri, Rafik and Hank, Zakia and Dick, Bernhard and Kutta, Roger-Jan and Winter, Rainer and Luc, Jerome and Sahraoui, Bouchta and Fillaut, Jean-Luc (2010) Design and photoinduced surface relief grating formation of photoresponsive azobenzene based molecular materials with ruthenium acetylides. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY, 20 (14). pp. 2858-2864. ISSN 0959-9428, 1364-5501

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Abstract

Novel photoresponsive materials based on ruthenium(II) sigma-acetylides coupled to an azobenzene moiety in the main pi-conjugated chain have been synthesized. The introduction of a metal acetylide fragment in the same conjugated chain as the azobenzene induces the trans-cis-trans isomerization of the azo unit, while the rate of the thermal cis -> trans back isomerization increases with increasing overall electron richness of these compounds. These azobenzene-containing ruthenium(II) acetylides show satisfactory processability and give rise to spin-coated uniform thin films. Formation of surface-relief gratings on their amorphous thin films and in a PMMA polymer matrix using a picosecond pulsed laser at 532 nm results in instantaneous inscription: saturation of the first order diffraction efficiency and of the modulation amplitude of gratings were obtained in less than 1 s, while the orientation of these azodyes remains unchanged for up to 6 months.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: NONLINEAR-OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SINGLE GREEN LIGHT; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPLEXES; METAL-COMPLEXES; QUADRATIC HYPERPOLARIZABILITIES; PICOSECOND REGIME; ALKYNYL COMPLEXES; CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE; FILMS; STORAGE;
Subjects: 500 Science > 540 Chemistry & allied sciences
Divisions: Chemistry and Pharmacy > Institut für Anorganische Chemie > Alumni or Retired Professors > Arbeitskreis Prof. Dr. Rainer Winter
Chemistry and Pharmacy > Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie > Chair of Chemistry III - Physical Chemistry (Molecular Spectroscopy and Photochemistry) > Prof. Dr. Bernhard Dick
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 17 Aug 2020 14:25
Last Modified: 17 Aug 2020 14:25
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/25513

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