SBIR Phase I: Chiropticenes: Molecular Chiroptical Dipole Switches

这个小企业创新研究第一阶段的项目是基于chiropticene的开发和商业化，这是一种新型的单分子chiropticene偶极子开关。手性分子开关是由光和电场的组合触发的，这使得手性和偶极子方向都被逆转。存储在chiropticene中的信息是用圆偏振光非破坏性地读取的，这确保了擦-读-写能力。Chiropticene分子开关是CALMEC基于纳米技术的光数据存储技术的基本组成部分。第一阶段研究的目的是证明这种独特的石墨烯开关的可行性。人们将合成、表征各种有机chiropticene，然后利用电场和光的组合进行“开关”。阶段i的完成将验证开关机制，并直接进入阶段II，这是一个二维光学数据存储设备的制造。

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project is based on the development andcommercialization of Chiropticenes, a novel class of single-molecule chiroptical dipole switches. Chiropticene molecular switches are triggered by a combination of light and electric field, which cause both the chirality and dipole direction to be reversed. Information stored in the Chiropticenes is read nondestructively with circularly polarized light, which ensures erase-read-write capability. The Chiropticene molecular switch is the fundamental component in CALMEC's nanotechnology-based optical data storage technology.The objective of the Phase I research is to demonstrate the feasibility of the uniqueChiropticene switch. Various organic Chiropticenes will be synthesized, characterized andthen 'switched' using a combination of electric field and light. The completion of PhaseI will verify the switch mechanism and lead directly into Phase II, which is thefabrication of a two-dimensional optical data storage device.