Despite the recognition of the importance of Spiropyran (SP)–Merocyanine (MC) photochromic materials in molecular switching, the majority of studies have been reported in solution with relatively few in the solid-state as required in modern displays and other devices. In contrast, the present work bridges solution, condensed phase and solid-phase media and is to our knowledge the first micro-environmental study on electronic and kinetic effects for the SP–MC system. Expanding on our previous work we have investigated the photochromic properties of an SP molecule (1b) attached to a 100 μm commercially available polystyrene micro-particle (Wang Resin). The thermal MC → SP reversion kinetics (5a,b → 4a,b and 2a,b → 1a,b) which reflect the critical lifetime of the open MC form were measured. Reduction in kobs of thermal reversion, MC → SP, up to two orders of magnitude, and a blue-shift up to 58 nm was observed with the potential for tailoring or fine tuning. The use of polymeric micro-particles in controlling both electronic and kinetic properties of photochromic molecular switches has been highlighted.
尽管人们已经认识到螺
吡喃(
SP)-
花青素(
MC)光致变色材料在分子转换中的重要性,但大多数研究报告都是在溶液中进行的,而在固态中进行的研究相对较少,而这正是现代显示器和其他设备所需要的。相比之下,目前的研究在溶液、凝聚相和固相介质之间架起了桥梁,据我们所知,这是首次对
SP-
MC 系统的电子和动力学效应进行微环境研究。在先前工作的
基础上,我们研究了附着在 100 μm 市售聚
苯乙烯微粒(王氏
树脂)上的
SP 分子(1b)的光致变色特性。测量了反映开放
MC 形式临界寿命的热
MC →
SP 还原动力学(5a,b → 4a,b 和 2a,b → 1a,b)。观察到热还原 kobs(
MC →
SP)降低了两个数量级,蓝移高达 58 纳米,具有
定制或微调的潜力。
聚合物微粒在控制光致变色分子开关的电子和动力学特性方面的应用得到了强调。