Charge transfer mediated triplet excited state formation in donor–acceptor–donor BODIPY: Application for recording of holographic structures in photopolymerizable glass
Tatsiana Mikulchyk, Safakath Karuthedath, Catherine S. P. De Castro, Andrey A. Buglak, Aimee Sheehan, Aaron Wieder, Frédéric Laquai, Izabela Naydenova, Mikhail A. Filatov
Abstract
Novel BODIPY forming triplet excited states via the SOCT-ISC process was used for polymerization of methacrylate monomers inside a hybrid sol–gel material. Holographic recording of diffractive structures with high efficiency was demonstrated.
Topics & Concepts
BODIPYMaterials sciencePhotochemistryExcited stateHolographyMonomerPhotopolymerPolymerizationAcceptorCharge (physics)OptoelectronicsPolymerOpticsFluorescenceChemistryAtomic physicsComposite materialCondensed matter physicsPhysicsQuantum mechanicsLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryPolydiacetylene-based materials and applications