Langmuir–Blodgett film and second harmonic generation of a new type of amphiphilic non-linear optical bis-chromophore complex dye
摘要:
A bivalent zinc complex anion: bis(2-thione-1,3-dithiol-4,5-dimercapto)zinc, has been chosen to balance several non-linear optical (NLO) dye cations in the design and synthesis of a series of novel bis-chromophore complex dyes. The Langmuir film-forming properties of these new NLO complex dyes at the air/water interface, the stability and second-order non-linear optical properties of the monolayer and Langmuir-Blodgett multilayer films were investigated. Results show that both the film-forming properties and NLO coefficiencies were improved greatly when the zinc complex anion was incorporated into four types of NLO-active organic dyes.
Synthesis and mesophase behaviour of ionic liquid crystals
作者:D. Ster、U. Baumeister、J. Lorenzo Chao、C. Tschierske、G. Israel
DOI:10.1039/b705519f
日期:——
N-Alkyl-pyridinium derivatives 1–3 and N-alkyl-stilbazolium halides 4–6 with hydroxy, methoxy and hydrogen 4′-substituents and long non-branched alkyl chains (n = 14, 16, 18, 20, 22) were synthesized and characterized by polarizing microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray measurements. The compounds exhibit liquid crystalline SmA phases when heated above their melting point. Phenyl substitution in the 3- and 4-position of the pyridinium ring causes a large tendency to decrease the clearing temperature in comparison to the 4-methyl substituted N-alkyl-pyridinium salts. By elongation of the pyridinium ring to the 4′-substituted stilbazolium unit the clearing points of the new compounds 4–6 increase drastically up to temperatures ≥200 °C in which partial decomposition of the compounds sets in. The length of the alkyl chains and the type of counter ions have large influences on the stability of the mesophase. Elongation of the alkyl chain length n increases the temperature range of the liquid crystalline phase. The counter ions increase the stability of the SmA phase in order Cl− > Br− > I− > BPh4−. When CH3–C6H5SO3− is introduced as an anion no liquid crystalline phase can be observed. UV/Vis measurements indicate the presence of a charge-transfer complex between the pyridinium cation and the iodide anion. Differences in the liquid crystalline behaviour of N-alkyl-4′-substituted stilbazolium halides 4–6 compared with N-alkyl-3- and -4-substituted-pyridinium derivatives 1–3 may be explained by additional intramolecular charge-transfer and resulting strong dipole–dipole interactions between stilbazolium compounds.
A side-chain engineering strategy can dramatically improve dye delivery by fine-tuning the adsorption and desorption abilities of the transmembrane process, enabling ultralow loading bioimaging and deep tissue penetration.
A tunable detection range of ion-selective nano-optodes by controlling solvatochromic dye transducer lipophilicity
作者:Lu Wang、Eric Bakker
DOI:10.1039/c9cc06729a
日期:——
solvatochromic dye (SD) transducers for use in ion-selective emulsified optical sensors are introduced and characterized. They share the same chromophore group, (E)-4-(4-(dimethylamino)styryl)pyridinium, but vary in their lipophilicities by grafted alkyl or ethoxy groups. The calibration curve is found to shift by a total of 2.7 orders of magnitude with the lipophilicity of the SD.
Electroactive compounds, compositions and devices and methods of making the same
申请人:ATOCHEM NORTH AMERICA, INC.
公开号:EP0491364A2
公开(公告)日:1992-06-24
The present invention relates to electroactive compounds capable of undergoing a change in light absorption and refraction due to an applied electric field and a permanent change in refraction due to exposure to predetermined bands of optical radiation. The present invention also relates to electroactive compositions containing such electroactive compounds, electrooptical components comprised of such electroactive compositions and electrooptical devices