Photochromic reaction in a molecular glass as a novel host matrix: the 4-dimethylaminoazobenzene-4,4′,4″-tris[3-methylphenyl(phenyl)amino]triphenylamine system
作者:Kazuyuki Moriwaki、Mitsushi Kusumoto、Keiichi Akamatsu、Hideyuki Nakano、Yasuhiko Shirota
DOI:10.1039/a805735d
日期:——
For the purposes of clarifying the properties of a molecular glass as a novel host matrix and gaining information on the microstructure of the molecular glass, the photochromic behavior of 4-dimethylaminoazobenzene (DAAB) in a novel molecular glass of 4,4â²,4â²â²-tris[3-methylphenyl(phenyl)amino]triphenylamine (m-MTDATA) was investigated, and compared with its behavior in a polystyrene glass matrix and a benzene solution. It was found that the fraction of the photoisomerized cis-isomer of DAAB at the photostationary state is smaller in the m-MTDATA glass matrix than in the polystyrene matrix and the benzene solution, and that the apparent initial rate constant for the backward cisâtrans thermal isomerization of DAAB is much larger in the m-MTDATA glass than in the polystyrene matrix and the benzene solution. These results suggest that the average size of local free volume in the molecular glass of m-MTDATA is smaller than that in the polystyrene glass.
为了明确分子玻璃作为新型宿主基质的特性并获得分子玻璃微观结构的信息,我们研究了 4,4â²,4â²â²-三[3-甲基苯基(苯基)氨基]三苯胺(m-MTDATA)新型分子玻璃中 4-二甲基氨基偶氮苯(DAAB)的光致变色行为,并将其与聚苯乙烯玻璃基质和苯溶液中的行为进行了比较。研究发现,在 m-MTDATA 玻璃基质中,DAAB 在光静止态的光异构化顺式异构体的比例比在聚苯乙烯基质和苯溶液中要小,而且 DAAB 的反向顺反热异构化的表观初始速率常数在 m-MTDATA 玻璃中比在聚苯乙烯基质和苯溶液中要大得多。这些结果表明,m-MTDATA 分子玻璃中局部自由体积的平均大小小于聚苯乙烯玻璃。