Chiroptical switches
OwnerJas Pal S. Badyal, Wayne Christopher Edward Schofieldinventors
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Abstract
A method for fabricating surface tethered chiroptical switches that constitute polymer chains bearing chromophoric functional groups with the ability to undergo geometrical re-alignment upon irradiation with polarized light to yield a measurable chiral anisotropy, by formation of a layer on a substrate by deposition of a compound containing at least one functional group and attachment of chiro-optical molecule to said functional group.
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A method for fabricating surface tethered chiroptical switches that constitute polymer chains bearing chromophoric functional groups with the ability to undergo geometrical realignment upon irradiation with polarized light to yield a measurable chiral anisotropy, the method comprising:
- (a) formation of a layer on a substrate by plasma deposition using a compound containing at least one functional group;
- (b) attachment of a chiro-optical molecule to said functional group(s).
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A chiroptical switch constituting polymer chains bearing chromophoric functional groups with the ability to undergo geometrical re-alignment upon irradiation with polarized light to yield a measurable chiral anisotropy, the switch comprising:
- a substrate
- a layer plasma deposited on the substrate, said layer comprising at least one functional group;
- a chiro-optical molecule attached to said functional group(s).
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