Electro-Optical Properties in Thin Films of New Azobenzene Polymers

Authors:

Oksana Krupka, Vitaliy Smokal, Sergey Studzinsky, Nikolay Davidenko and Angelina Biitseva

Kyiv Taras Shevchenko National University 60 Volodymyrska str., 01033 Kyiv, Ukraine; vitaliismokal@gmail.com

In this paper we report the synthesis of side chain methacrylic polymers functionalized with azobenzene chromophores. A reversible change of thin film absorption is observed when illuminating it with monochromatic, linearly polarized light under the applied external DC field. The amount of change depends on the angle between the light polarization and the DC electric field direction

azopolymers

Disperse Red 1 (DR1)

photoisomers

electro-optical effect

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