Strikingly different electronic spectra of structurally similar perylene imide compounds
Strikingly different electronic spectra of structurally similar perylene imide compounds
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DOI:
10.1016/j.dyepig.2005.05.001
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发表时间:
2006
影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
J. Mizuguchi;K. Hino;K. Tojo
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作者:
J. Mizuguchi;K. Hino;K. Tojo
Perylene imide derivatives are well known organic pigments and have also attracted attention as photoconductors for electrophotographic photoreceptors as well as materials for optical disks. N,N′-di-bis(2-(4-phenyl)ethyl)perylene-3,4:9,10-bis(dicarboximide) (i.e. 4-phenylethyl derivative: EPH) is a commercial black pigment. However, 4-pyridylethyl derivative (EPY) is found to exhibit a vivid red as well as black color, depending on the solvent used for recrystallization. Furthermore, the color changes from black to vivid red around 100°C. In order to study the correlation between color and constitution, structure analysis was carried out on both materials of EPY. Then, we found two kinds of molecular conformation in EPY: cis and trans forms. The red color arises from a solid with the cis form while the black one is characteristic of the trans form. The mechanism of the two different colors has then been interpreted as arising from a different fashion of molecular arrangement and its characteristic excitonic interactions. In addition, the transformation from the black phase to the red one is found to be applicable to DVD-recordable disks that operate with a laser diode of 635nm.