The First Example of a Polymer‐Crystal–Organic‐Dye Composite Material: The Clathrate Phase of Syndiotactic Polystyrene with Azulene

Abstract

Organic dye molecules have been included in the crystalline regions of syndiotactic polystyrene (sPS) by soaking clathrate or glass films of sPS in an azulene solution containing a plasticizer (see Figure). Highly oriented films, in which the dye molecules are oriented, are easily obtained by applying a similar procedure to an oriented glass sample.