• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.38 no.8
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• pp.552-561
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• 1994

The cis → trans thermal isomerization of azobenzene derivatives has been studied. A sizable solvent effect on the rates for thermal isomerization of push-pull azobenzenes are observed. It is suggested that the isomerization proceeds via a rotational mechanism. For non push-pull azobenzenes, the lack of solvent effects on the rate of isomerization was observed. This suggests that the isomerization proceeds via an inversional mechanism for non push-pull azobenzenes.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.65-70
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• 2012

Structural changing materials which can induce the physical deformation of materials are interesting research topics with various potential applications. Particularly, light among many driving mechanisms is a non-contact energy source, hence the light-responsive system can be used where non-destructive, local irradiation, and remote control is needed. Here, a mainchain azobenzene polymer is synthesized and its physical and optical properties are observed and compared to that of a polymer having a light-responsive azobenzene moiety on its side chain. Further dispersion onto polyvinylalcohol hydrogel is made and its dual stability and actuation are observed upon UV-visible light irradiation. Extended azobenzene polymer blend films show an anisotropic light-actuation with non-polarized UV light at room temperature. This physical shape change is quite reversible and occurs at lower temperature than that of any other reported systems including liquid crystalline elastomers. It is successfully demonstrated that the simple physical azobenzene/polymer blending has a very good actuation compared to that of LCEs which need an elaborate chemical design and it can be further used in the areas requiring a dimensional shape change.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.67-71
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• 2011

In the paper, we have demonstrated an azobenzene-coated fiber Bragg grating (FBG) for monitoring ultraviolet light (UV) intensity in remote measurement. The elasticity of the coated azobenzene polymer is changed by the UV light, which induces a center wavelength change corresponding to the change of the FBG's grating period. The wavelength shift resulting from both UV light and other light with the wavelength out of the UV range was about 0.18 nm. In order to improve the accuracy of the measurement, the center wavelength shift caused by radiant heat of the light source was sufficiently removed by using a thermal filter. The amount of the center wavelength shift was consequently reduced to 0.06 nm, compared to the result without the thermal filter. Also, the FBGs coated by using azobenzene polymer were produced by two different methods; thermal casting and UV curing. Considering temperature dependence, UV curing is more suitable than thermal casting in UV sensor application of the azobenzene-coated FBG. In addition, we have confirmed the wavelength dependence of the optical sensor by means of four different band pass filters. Thus, we found out that the center wavelength shift per unit intensity is 0.029 [arb. unit] as a maximum value at 370 nm wavelength region and that the absorption spectrum of the azobenzene polymer was very consistent with the wavelength dependence of the azobenzene-coated FBG.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2002.07a
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• pp.132-133
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• 2002

아조벤젠 고분자는 가역적 광이성화 과정에 의한 광유도 복굴절을 일으키는 물질로 광정보저장용 및 광소자용 매질로서 많은 연구가 이루어져 왔다. 일반적으로 아조벤젠 고분자는 rod-like 형태의 안정한 trans 상과 banana-like 형태의 준 안정한 cis 상의 이성체가 존재하고 이 두 이성체는 광에 의해 여기 되어 서로 다른 이성체로의 이성화가 일어나는데, 특히 막대 모양의 trans 상의 분자가 여기 시키는 광의 편광 방향에 수직으로 정렬하면서 복굴절이 유도되며 cis 상의 분자는 복굴절의 유도와 무관하다고 알려져 있다. (중략)

• Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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• 2016.03a
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• pp.319-320
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• 2016

아조벤젠 (Azobenzene)은 광스위치분자 소자로서 빛에 의해 분자의 구조가 바뀌는 성질을 가지고 있다. 이러한 특성은 전류를 적절히 조절하는 온/오프 기능의 수행 가능성을 제시한다. 빛의 파장에 따라 두 벤젠 고리를 연결하는 원자들 (CNNC)의 광학여기상태가 달라지며, 그 결과로 CNNC 각도의 변화가 나타난다. 이는 아조벤젠 구조의 변화를 가져오며, 크게 cis-, trans-(CNNC 각도 기준으로 각각 $0^{\circ}$, $180^{\circ}$)로 나눠진다. 이 연구에서는 LCAO-DFT 제일원리 계산을 이용하여, CNNC 각도에 따른 분자 구조의 변화와 안정성을 바닥상태($S_0$)와 광학여기상태($S{\text\tiny{1}},n{\grave{a}}{\pi}^*$)로 나누어 살펴보았다. 그 결과 바닥상태에서는 trans-구조가 가장 안정하였고, 광학여기상태에서는 CNNC 각도가 $90^{\circ}$ 부근에서 가장 안정한 구조를 가졌다. 또한, 바닥상태에서는 cis-, trans-사이에 에너지 장벽이 있는 반면 광학여기상태에서는 에너지 장벽이 없음을 관찰하였다.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.166-167
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• 2003

아조벤젠 그룹의 trans-cis-trans photo isomerization 특성에 의한 광배향 (photoinduced orientation) 성질을 이용하여 아조벤젠이 함유된 폴리머박막에 표면 부조 격자 (surface relief grating)를 만드는 것은 널리 알려져 있다. 특히 최근 들어, 비선형 물질의 주기적인 배열 구조를 만들기 위해서 surface relief grating을 corona poling 하는 방법들이 연구되어 지고 있다. poling된 surface relief grating은 poling 방향으로의 azo분자의 극질서가 유도되기 때문에, $C_{{\infty}v}$점대칭을 가지는 비등방 회절 격자(anisotropic grating)가 되며 2차 비선형 특성 중의 하나인 선형 전기 광학 효과를 나타낼 수 있다. (중략)

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.219-225
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• 2019

Side-chain liquid crystalline polymers with various compositions of azobenzene and cholesteryl functional groups as the mesogenic moiety were synthesized by direct polycondensation, and their properties were investigated. The inherent viscosity values of synthesized polymers were between 0.32 and 0.38 dL/g in 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane. All polymers except the SP-A10C0 polymer containing only the azobenzene group were amorphous or exhibited very low crystallinity due to the presence of bulky mesogenic side chains. All synthesized polymers exhibited enantiotropic liquid crystallinity; the SP-A10C0 polymer having only the azobenzene group exhibited a nematic phase, and all other polymers showed a cholesteric phase. In particular, it was found that when the content of cholesteryl groups in the side chain of the polymer increases, the liquid crystallinity decreases due to the bulkiness of cholesteryl groups.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.86-92
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• 2019

Polymers with various compositions of azobenzene and hexamethylene groups in the main chain were synthesized by a Schotten-Baumann reaction and their properties were investigated. The chemical structures and physical properties of the synthesized polymers were investigated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, polarized optical microscopy, and x-ray diffraction. The polymers showed an inherent viscosity of 1.28-1.36 dl/g and were relatively insoluble in most organic solvents. The melt transition temperature increased rapidly with increasing number of azobenzene groups in the polymer. When the azobenzene monomer content was more than 50 mol%, no melting transition occurred below the decomposition temperature. Among the polymers with a melt transition temperature, the MP-A3C7 and MP-A5C5 polymers were liquid crystalline materials and exhibited a nematic phase with weak liquid crystallinity over a wide liquid crystal temperature range. This difference in the properties of the synthesized polymers is likely due to the changes in intermolecular forces resulting from the linearity and polarity of the trans-form of azobenzene.

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.270-274
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• 1997

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 1991.06b
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• pp.46-46
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• 1991