All-optical orientation of photoisomerizable octupolar zinc(II) complexes in polymer films

Lydie Viau; Sébastien Bidault; Olivier Maury; Sophie Brasselet; Isabelle Ledoux; Joseph Zyss; Eléna Ishow; Keitaro Nakatani; Hubert Le Bozec

doi:10.1021/ja048143z

All-optical orientation of photoisomerizable octupolar zinc(II) complexes in polymer films

J Am Chem Soc. 2004 Jul 14;126(27):8386-7. doi: 10.1021/ja048143z.

Authors

Lydie Viau¹, Sébastien Bidault, Olivier Maury, Sophie Brasselet, Isabelle Ledoux, Joseph Zyss, Eléna Ishow, Keitaro Nakatani, Hubert Le Bozec

Affiliation

¹ Organométalliques et Catalyse, UMR 6509, CNRS-Université de Rennes 1, Institut de Chimie de Rennes, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes, France.

PMID: 15237989
DOI: 10.1021/ja048143z

Abstract

A new type of 4,4'-bis(styryl)-2,2'-bipyridine functionalized by a dialkylamino-azobenzene group has been prepared. This ligand has allowed the preparation of photoisomerizable octupolar tris(bipyridyl)zinc(II) complexes and the corresponding star-shaped polymer by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of methyl methacrylate (MMA). The photoisomerization properties of such new metallo-chromophores have been studied. The macroscopic molecular orientation of the corresponding doped and grafted NLO-polymer films is reported for the first time.