Effects of doped dialkylazobenzenes on helical pitch of cholesteric liquid crystal with medium molecular weight: utilisation for full-colour image recording
作者:Masaya Moriyama、Soyoung Song、Hiro Matsuda、Nobuyuki Tamaoki
DOI:10.1039/b009892m
日期:——
The effects of small amounts of achiral photochromic dopants,
4,4′-di-n-alkylazobenzenes, with various lengths of substituted
alkyl chain (CnH2n + 1 ∶ n = 4,
7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16) on the helical pitch of a cholesteric liquid
crystal (CLC) with ca. 1000 molecular weight were investigated
in order to utilise the cholesteric reflected colour of these combinations
for a rewritable colour image recording. The (E)-azobenzenes (~2 wt%)
in the host CLC induced pitch changes dependent on temperature, the concentration
of the azobenzenes and the length of substituted alkyl chain on the azobenzenes.
In the low region of the cholesteric temperature (below 100 °C),
some (E)-azobenzenes remarkably lengthened the pitch. Contrary to
this, upon irradiation, E–Z photoisomerization of all the azobenzenes
in the CLC phase induced consecutive pitch shortenings in response to the
formation of the Z isomers. The changed pitch (reflected colour)
could be fixed in cholesteric glassy solids. In the glassy solid state, the
photo and thermal isomerization of the azobenzenes could not influence the
cholesteric pitch any longer, therefore, the colour was stably stored. However,
since the molecular arrangement of the CLC and the conformation of the doped
azobenzenes completely returned to the initial state upon re-heating to isotropic
temperatures, the stored colour could be easily erased. Based on these fundamental
investigations, it is suggested that the mixed systems of the medium-molecular-weight
CLCs and the 4,4′-dialkylazobenzenes will be effective materials for
a rewritable full-colour image recording in a photon mode.
少量非手性光致变色掺杂剂的影响,
4,4′-二正烷基偶氮苯,具有不同长度的取代基
烷基链 (CnH2n + 1∶n = 4,
7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16) 在胆甾型液体的螺距上
晶体(CLC)约。研究了1000个分子量
为了利用这些组合的胆甾醇反射颜色
用于可重写的彩色图像记录。 (E)-偶氮苯 (~2 wt%)
在宿主 CLC 中引起的音调变化取决于温度、浓度
偶氮苯和偶氮苯上取代的烷基链的长度。
在胆甾温度较低的区域(100°C以下),
一些(E)-偶氮苯显着延长了螺距。与此相反
在照射下,所有偶氮苯发生 E-Z 光致异构化
在 CLC 阶段引起连续音高缩短以响应
Z异构体的形成。改变的音高(反射颜色)
可以固定在胆甾型玻璃状固体中。在玻璃态固态下,
偶氮苯的光异构化和热异构化不会影响
胆甾醇沥青不再存在,因此颜色可以稳定保存。然而,
由于 CLC 的分子排列和掺杂的构象
偶氮苯重新加热至各向同性后完全恢复到初始状态
温度,存储的颜色可以很容易地被擦除。基于这些基本
研究表明,中等分子量的混合体系
CLCs和4,4'-二烷基偶氮苯将成为有效的材料
以光子模式记录可重写的全彩图像。