Photoinduced Surface Relief Grating Formation for a Single Crystal of 4-Aminoazobenzene

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

关键词: photoinduced surface relief grating formation;    4-aminoazobenzene;    single crystal;    photochromism;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijms11041311

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Photoinduced surface relief grating (SRG) formation for a single crystal of 4-aminoazobenzene was investigated. It was found that SRG could be inscribed on the (001) surface of the crystal, which might suggest that the photoinduced SRG formation is a general phenomenon observed for single crystals of azobenzene-based molecules as well as for azobenzene-based amorphous systems. In addition, the dependences of the SRG formation upon the orientation of the sample crystal and upon the polarization of the writing beams were found to be different from those observed for previously reported crystalline systems.

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