Advanced Materials · 1999 · 31 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesChemistryMaterials ScienceMaterials ChemistryOptical MaterialsOrganic ChemistryLiquid Crystal MaterialsLiquid CrystalsOptical Properties Of MaterialsOptical Properties Of SolidsOrganic Electronic MaterialsOrganic SemiconductorsCharge Transfer InteractionsCharge Transfer MechanismsChromophore DesignOptical Data StorageOrganic FluorophoresStorage
A non-symmetric, three-component, charge-transfer molecule is introduced and experimental results on structure formation and optical storage are presented. The storage process takes place via the isomerization of the functional azo group in a transparent film. The Figure shows the molecule, consisting of a disc-like pentaalkynylbenzene donor group linked to a flat nitrofluorenone acceptor by a rod-like chromophoric azo moiety.