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New Blue-Phase Polydiacetylenes under Prolonged UV Irradiation

Year: 2019

Journal: Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst., Volume 46, MAY, page 179–183

Authors: Alekseev, A. S.; Domnin, I. N.; Ivanov, A. B.; Tereschenko, N. A.

Organizations: Russian Academy of SciencesRussian Academy of Sciences [01.20.0953449]

Keywords: diyne alcohol derivative; blue-phase polymer; Langmuir-Schaefer films

Bilayer Langmuir-Schaefer films of blue-phase polydiacetylenes of three alcohol derivatives of unsymmetrical diynylic N-arylcarbamates are studied. It is found that a decrease or an increase in the number of methylene groups in the hydrophobic part of the diyne molecule by one unit followed by prolonged (to 80 min) UV irradiation of the film leads to either a gradual transformation of the blue polymer to the purple one or to a maximum increase in the conjugation length of the polymer chain of the blue polymer.