Reversible Laser-Induced Bending of Pseudorotaxane Crystals
摘要:
This study investigated the dynamic photo-response of pseudorotaxane crystals with azobenzene and ferrocenyl groups in the axle component. X-ray crystallography showed pseudorotaxanes with a methylazobenzene group and a dibromophenylene ring in the cyclic component to exhibit twisting of the trans-azobenzene groups at torsion angles of 17 degrees and 38 degrees, respectively. Repeated alternating laser irradiation of the crystals at 360 and 445 nm produced bending of 20-30 degrees in opposite directions, with no evidence of decay. Under 44S nm irradiation, bending took place within 0.3 s. A crystal of nonsubstituted pseudorotaxane showed bending of only 2 degrees under 360 nm irradiation due to multiple pi-pi interactions between the planar trans-azobenzene groups. The pseudorotaxane crystals have two chromophores, bent rapidly and reversibly on irradiation at rates depending on the molecular structure.
This study investigated the dynamic photo-response of pseudorotaxane crystals with azobenzene and ferrocenyl groups in the axle component. X-ray crystallography showed pseudorotaxanes with a methylazobenzene group and a dibromophenylene ring in the cyclic component to exhibit twisting of the trans-azobenzene groups at torsion angles of 17 degrees and 38 degrees, respectively. Repeated alternating laser irradiation of the crystals at 360 and 445 nm produced bending of 20-30 degrees in opposite directions, with no evidence of decay. Under 44S nm irradiation, bending took place within 0.3 s. A crystal of nonsubstituted pseudorotaxane showed bending of only 2 degrees under 360 nm irradiation due to multiple pi-pi interactions between the planar trans-azobenzene groups. The pseudorotaxane crystals have two chromophores, bent rapidly and reversibly on irradiation at rates depending on the molecular structure.
10.1002/ejic.202400299
作者:Haaf, Sebastian、Henel, Carmen L. M.、Kreis, Franka、Bruttel, Melanie、Kaifer, Elisabeth、Osterbrink, Johanna、Hübner, Olaf、Himmel, Hans-Jörg
DOI:10.1002/ejic.202400299
日期:——
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