Synthesis, Fluorescence and Photoisomerization Studies of Azobenzene-Functionalized Poly(alkyl aryl ether) Dendrimers

Nithyanandhan, Jayaraj and Jayaraman, Narayanaswamy and Davis, Riju and Das, Suresh (2004) Synthesis, Fluorescence and Photoisomerization Studies of Azobenzene-Functionalized Poly(alkyl aryl ether) Dendrimers. In: Chemistry - A European Journal, 10 (3). pp. 689-698.

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Abstract

A series of azobenzene-functionalized poly(alkyl aryl ether) dendrimers have been synthesized and their photochemical and photophysical properties in solution and as thin films have been investigated. Although the photochemical behavior of the azodendrimers in solution indicated that the azobenzene units behave independently, very similar to the constituent monomer azobenzene unit, the properties of thin solid films of the dendrimers were distinctly different. The azodendrimers, AzoG1, AzoG2, and AzoG3 were observed to form stable supercooled glasses, which showed long-wavelength absorption and red emission characteristics of J-aggregates of the azobenzene chromophores. Reversible photoinduced isomerization of the azodendrimers in the glassy state is described.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Chemistry - A European Journal
Publisher:	WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
Additional Information:	The copyright belongs to WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Keywords:	aggregation;azo compounds;dendrimers;glasses;photochemistry
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Organic Chemistry
Date Deposited:	28 Nov 2005
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:21
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/4068

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