Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2004, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (7): 1368.

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Photoresponse Behaviour of a New Photochromic Liquid Crystalline Carbosilane Dendrimer of the First Generation Containing Hexyloxyazobenzene Moieties Groups in Its Periphery

ZHANG Qi-Zhen1, LIU Jian-Qiang1,2, YIN Xiao-Ying1, ZHANG Jing-Zhi1   

  1. 1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering;
    2. School of Physics and Microelectronics, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
  • Received:2003-03-18 Online:2004-07-24 Published:2004-07-24

Abstract: Studies were made of on the absorbance at 360 nm A360, difference of absorbance at 360 nm ΔA360, intensity of light I0, absorption intensity of light Ia, molar extinction coefficient at 360 nm €360, maximum absorption wavelength λmax, quantum yield Φ, activation energy E, trans/cis isomer absorbance ratio A/A0, trans/cis photo-isomerization reaction rate constant kp, photo back-isomerization positive/counter reaction rate constants kt and kc, thermal back-isomerization reaction rate constant kH at different temperatures and photo back-isomerization reaction equilibrium value kt/kc of a new carbosilane photochromic liquid crystalline(LC) dendrimer of the first generation(G1) containing twelve 4-hexyloxyazobenzene moieties in its periphery and azobenzene unit M3 in solvents such as chloroform, tetrahydrofuran and so on. solvent were described. The photochromic rate constant of G1 and M3 are 10-1 s-1, their photoresponsive rate are 107 times larger than that of photochromic liquid crystalline polysiloxane.

Key words: Photochromic liquid crystalline dendrimer, Photoelectric informational functional material, Photoisomerization, Photo back-isomerization, Thermal back-isomerization, Activation energy

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