Photoresolvable compounds: Towards a chiroptical-liquid crystalline switch

The tendency for miniaturization in electronic devices has created the need for materials capable of high storage densities and high switching rates. There has been ample effort in bringing this miniaturization to the molecular level, i.e. the design of molecular switches. The possibility of using photons to address a switch at an specific site in a volume has motivated research in photoresponsive compounds. An interesting family of photoresponsive compounds are those that are sensitive to the sense of chirality of light. Compounds capable of photoresolution can be switched between a scalemic and a racemic state, this can be the basis for a chiroptical switch. Important parameters to control in the design of a photoresolvable compound are the optical properties that determine the degree of enantiomeric excess that one can attain at the photostationary state, the g value. Two strategies to increase the g value were investigated: exciton coupling and energy transfer. Energy transfer was shown to be an efficient strategy in the design of photoresolvable compounds. Specifically, a compound capable of generating a reversible enantiomeric excess of 0.4% has been design using this strategy. The implications of photoresolvable compounds in the creation of a chiroptical liquid crystalline switch are discussed.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Chemistry

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Suarez, Mauricio

Contributors dc:contributor

• Schuster, Gary B.

• Chemistry, Organic
• Chemistry, Physical
• Physics, Optics

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1995 Suarez, Mauricio

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9543738
(UMI)AAI9543738

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22780