Photoresponding ionic complex containing azobenzene chromophore for use in birefringent film

Chinese Chemical Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-18

  Wu, Jun ^a   Lu, Xue Min ^a   Shan, Feng ^a   Guan, Jun Fang ^a   Lu, Qing Hua ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Azobenzene; Birefringence; Ionic self assembly; Optical anisotropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892573502     PISSN: 10018417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2013.11.008     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. M. O'Neill, and S.M. Kelly Liquid crystals for charge transport, luminescence, and photonics Adv. Mater. 15 2003 1135 1146
2. V. Shibaev, A. Bobrovsky, and N. Boiko Photoactive liquid crystalline polymer systems with light-controllable structure and optical properties Prog. Polym. Sci. 28 2003 729 836
3. T.R. Woliński, A. Szymańska, and T. Nasiłowski et al. Propagation effects in liquid crystal-core optical fiber waveguides Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. Sci. Technol. A: Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 321 1998 113 124
4. K. Okano, A. Shishido, and T. Ikeda Photochemical phase transition behavior of highly birefringent azotolane liquid-crystalline polymer films: effects of the position of the tolane group and the donor-acceptor substituent in the mesogen Macromolecules 39 2005 145 152
5. Q. Song, S. Gauza, and H. Xianyu et al. High birefringence lateral difluoro phenyl tolane liquid crystals Liq. Cryst. 37 2010 139 147
6. C. Sekine, K. Iwakura, N. Konya, M. Minai, and K. Fujisawa Synthesis and properties of some novel high birefringence phenylacetylene liquid crystal materials with lateral substituents Liq. Cryst. 28 2001 1375 1387
7. S.T. Wu, U. Finkenzeller, and V. Reiffenrath Physical properties of diphenyldiacetylenic liquid crystals J. Appl. Phys. 65 1989 4372 4376
8. D. Wang, and X. Wang Amphiphilic azo polymers: molecular engineering, self-assembly and photoresponsive properties Prog. Polym. Sci. 38 2012 271 301
9. H.M.D. Bandara, and S.C. Burdette Photoisomerization in different classes of azobenzene Chem. Soc. Rev. 41 2012 1809 1825
10. S.K. Yesodha, C.K.S. Pillai, and N. Tsutsumi Stable polymeric materials for nonlinear optics: a review based on azobenzene systems Prog. Polym. Sci. 29 2004 45 74
11. A. Natansohn, and P. Rochon Photoinduced motions in azo-containing polymers Chem. Rev. 102 2002 4139 4175
12. A. Shishido Rewritable holograms based on azobenzene-containing liquid-crystalline polymers Polym. J. 42 2010 525 533
13. T. Ikeda, J. Mamiya, and Y.L. Yu Photomechanics of liquid-crystalline elastomers and other polymers Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46 2007 506 528
14. T. Zhang, J. Brown, R.J. Oakley, and C.F.J. Faul Towards functional nanostructures: ionic self-assembly of polyoxometalates and surfactants Curr. Opin. Colloid Interface Sci. 14 2009 62 70
15. C.F.J. Faul, and M. Antonietti Ionic self-assembly: facile synthesis of supramolecular materials Adv. Mater. 15 2003 673 683
16. Z.Y. Cheng, B.Y. Ren, S.Y. He, X.X. Liu, and Z. Tong Mesomorphous structure change by tail chain number in ionic liquid crystalline complexes of linear polymer and amphiphiles Chin. Chem. Lett. 22 2011 1375 1378
17. S. Xiao, X. Lu, and Q. Lu Photosensitive polymer from ionic self-assembly of azobenzene dye and poly(ionic liquid) and its alignment characteristic toward liquid crystal molecules Macromolecules 40 2007 7944 7950
18. Q. Zhang, and C.G. Bazuin Liquid crystallinity and other properties in complexes of cationic azo-aontaining surfactomesogens with poly(styrenesulfonate) Macromolecules 42 2009 4775 4786
19. M. Marcos, R. Alcala, and J. Barbera et al. Photosensitive ionic nematic liquid crystalline complexes based on dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers and a cyanoazobenzene carboxylic acid Chem. Mater. 20 2008 5209 5217
20. J.P. Hu, Y.F. Li, and Z.Y. Ji et al. A non-planar organic molecule with non-volatile electrical bistability for nano-scale data storage J. Mater. Chem. 17 2007 3530 3535
21. X. Li, R. Wen, and Y. Zhang et al. Photoresponsive side-chain liquid crystalline polymers with an easily cross-linkable azobenzene mesogen J. Mater. Chem. 19 2009 236 245
22. P.Y. Vuillaume, and C.G. Bazuin Self-assembly of a tail-end pyridinium polyamphiphile complexed with n-alkyl sulfonates of variable chain length Macromolecules 36 2003 6378 6388
23. X. Sallenave, and C.G. Bazuin Interplay of ionic, hydrogen-bonding, and polar interactions in liquid crystalline complexes of a pyridylpyridinium polyamphiphile with (azo)phenol-functionalized molecules Macromolecules 40 2007 5326 5336
24. R.P. Nieuwhof, A.T.M. Marcelis, and E.J.R. Sudholter Thermotropic behavior of side-chain liquid-crystalline copolymers from maleic anhydride and mesogen-containing methacrylates Macromol. Chem. Phys. 200 1999 2494 2500
25. S.F. Xiao, X.M. Lu, Q.H. Lu, and B. Su Photosensitive liquid-crystalline supramolecules self-assembled from ionic liquid crystal and polyelectrolyte for laser-induced optical anisotropy Macromolecules 41 2008 3884 3892