Synthesis, Liquid Crystal Characterization and Photo-Switching Studies on Fluorine Substituted Azobenzene based Esters

A series offluorinated azobenzene esters have been synthesized and studied by polarized optical microscopy (POM) and UV-Vis spectrophotometry. The–CO2C2H5group with monofluoro-substituted azobenzene exhibited nematic and smectic phases whereas difluoro-substituted azobenzene showed only the nematic...

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Main Authors: Mei, Gan Siew, A. R., Yuvaraj, Lutfor, M. R., M. M., Yusoff, Hegde, Gurumurthy
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description A series offluorinated azobenzene esters have been synthesized and studied by polarized optical microscopy (POM) and UV-Vis spectrophotometry. The–CO2C2H5group with monofluoro-substituted azobenzene exhibited nematic and smectic phases whereas difluoro-substituted azobenzene showed only the nematic phase. The addition of the electronegativefluorine atom plays an important role in photoisomerization of the azobenzene molecules. The monofluoro-substituted azobenzene gave strong photoisomerization in solution as compared with its diflouro counterparts. In these systems,trans–cis isomerization occurred after 4 minutes and cis–trans isomerization occurred after 22 hours which is much longer than expected forfluorine-substituted azobenzene systems. The presented results might have an influence on creating optical data storage devices.
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spelling my.ump.umpir.80812018-02-12T08:19:13Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8081/ Synthesis, Liquid Crystal Characterization and Photo-Switching Studies on Fluorine Substituted Azobenzene based Esters Mei, Gan Siew A. R., Yuvaraj Lutfor, M. R. M. M., Yusoff Hegde, Gurumurthy QD Chemistry QC Physics A series offluorinated azobenzene esters have been synthesized and studied by polarized optical microscopy (POM) and UV-Vis spectrophotometry. The–CO2C2H5group with monofluoro-substituted azobenzene exhibited nematic and smectic phases whereas difluoro-substituted azobenzene showed only the nematic phase. The addition of the electronegativefluorine atom plays an important role in photoisomerization of the azobenzene molecules. The monofluoro-substituted azobenzene gave strong photoisomerization in solution as compared with its diflouro counterparts. In these systems,trans–cis isomerization occurred after 4 minutes and cis–trans isomerization occurred after 22 hours which is much longer than expected forfluorine-substituted azobenzene systems. The presented results might have an influence on creating optical data storage devices. Royal Society of Chemistry 2015-12-15 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8081/1/fist-2015-lutfor-synthesis%20liquid%20crystal%20characterization-full.pdf application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8081/7/Synthesis%2C%20Liquid%20Crystal%20Characterization%20and%20Photo-Switching%20Studies%20on%20Fluorine%20Substituted%20Azobenzene%20Based%20Esters.pdf Mei, Gan Siew and A. R., Yuvaraj and Lutfor, M. R. and M. M., Yusoff and Hegde, Gurumurthy (2015) Synthesis, Liquid Crystal Characterization and Photo-Switching Studies on Fluorine Substituted Azobenzene based Esters. RSC Advances, 5 (9). pp. 6279-6285. ISSN 2046-2069. (Published) http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C4RA13700K DOI: 10.1039/C4RA13700K
spellingShingle QD Chemistry
QC Physics
Mei, Gan Siew
A. R., Yuvaraj
Lutfor, M. R.
M. M., Yusoff
Hegde, Gurumurthy
Synthesis, Liquid Crystal Characterization and Photo-Switching Studies on Fluorine Substituted Azobenzene based Esters
title Synthesis, Liquid Crystal Characterization and Photo-Switching Studies on Fluorine Substituted Azobenzene based Esters
title_full Synthesis, Liquid Crystal Characterization and Photo-Switching Studies on Fluorine Substituted Azobenzene based Esters
title_fullStr Synthesis, Liquid Crystal Characterization and Photo-Switching Studies on Fluorine Substituted Azobenzene based Esters
title_full_unstemmed Synthesis, Liquid Crystal Characterization and Photo-Switching Studies on Fluorine Substituted Azobenzene based Esters
title_short Synthesis, Liquid Crystal Characterization and Photo-Switching Studies on Fluorine Substituted Azobenzene based Esters
title_sort synthesis, liquid crystal characterization and photo-switching studies on fluorine substituted azobenzene based esters
topic QD Chemistry
QC Physics
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8081/1/fist-2015-lutfor-synthesis%20liquid%20crystal%20characterization-full.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8081/7/Synthesis%2C%20Liquid%20Crystal%20Characterization%20and%20Photo-Switching%20Studies%20on%20Fluorine%20Substituted%20Azobenzene%20Based%20Esters.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8081/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C4RA13700K
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