Photoisomerization-induced patterning of ion-pairing materials based on anionic azobenzene and its complex with a fluorescent π-electronic system
Ryohei Yamakado, Issei Kitamura, Mitsuo Hara, Shusaku Nagano, Takahiro Seki, Hiromitsu Maeda
Abstract
Large mass transport driven by the difference in the photoisomerization-induced surface tension was demonstrated in ion pairs of anionic azobenzene and a cationic polymer. This material motion enabled fluorescence patterning using a trace amount of photoisomerized azobenzenes in complex form with a π-electronic system.
Topics & Concepts
PhotoisomerizationAzobenzeneFluorescencePhotochemistryIonChemistryPairingIsomerizationMoleculeOpticsCatalysisOrganic chemistryPhysicsSuperconductivityQuantum mechanicsLiquid Crystal Research AdvancementsPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials