화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.125, No.36, 11080-11087, 2003
Multicolor photochromism of two- and three-component diarylethene crystals
Novel photochromic single crystals composed of three different kinds of diarylethenes, 1,2-bis-(3,5-dimethyl-2-thienyl)perfluorocyclopentene (11 a), 1,2-bis(2,5-dimethyl-3-thienyl)perfluorocyclopentene (2a), and 1,2-bis(2-methyl-5-p-methoxyphenyl-3-thienyl)perfluorocyclopentene (3a), have been prepared. The three-component crystals turned yellow, orange, red, purple, blue, green, or black upon irradiation with light of appropriate wavelengths. The colors of the crystals were thermally stable in the dark and completely bleached by irradiation with visible light. Such multicolored photochromic crystals have potential for the application to optoelectronic devices, such as multifrequency three-dimensional optical memory media or full-color displays.