New side-chain azo-polymers for optical applications: synthesis and characterization

Mitica Cezar Spiridon; Florica Adriana Jerca; Valentin Victor Jerca; Dumitru Mircea Vuluga; Dan Sorin Vasilescu

doi:10.1117/12.965884

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8 November 2012 New side-chain azo-polymers for optical applications: synthesis and characterization

Mitica Cezar Spiridon, Florica Adriana Jerca, Valentin Victor Jerca, Dumitru Mircea Vuluga, Dan Sorin Vasilescu

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Proceedings Volume 8545, Optical Materials and Biomaterials in Security and Defence Systems Technology IX; 85450M (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965884
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2012, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

In this paper we report a series of side-chain polymers bearing a push-pull azo-moiety, from pseudo-stylbene type molecules. The azobenzene monomer is chemically incorporated through radical copolymerization in: poly(methacrylate), poly(styrene); and poly(oxazoline) matrices. The different classes of azo-polymers are discussed comparatively to one another from the point of view of: solubility, molecular weights, glass transition temperatures and thermal stability, chromophore contents, and as well as from the point of view of their spectral features.

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Mitica Cezar Spiridon, Florica Adriana Jerca, Valentin Victor Jerca, Dumitru Mircea Vuluga, and Dan Sorin Vasilescu "New side-chain azo-polymers for optical applications: synthesis and characterization", Proc. SPIE 8545, Optical Materials and Biomaterials in Security and Defence Systems Technology IX, 85450M (8 November 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965884

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