Abstract
Photorefractive (PR) polymeric materials possess several advantages over inorganics such as large figure of merit, easy processing and great opportunities for structure modification. Porphyrin and its derivatives are well-known model compounds for photosynthetic processes that involve charge separation. In natural photosynthetic systems, the primary electron transfer step occurs from a porphyrin-base complex. The synthesis and characterization of a novel fully functionalized PR polymer using zinc porphyrin as a photosensitizer are reported. It was found that this system is a high-performance PR material with large net optical gain and high diffraction efficiency.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1309-1310 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | American Chemical Society, Polymer Preprints, Division of Polymer Chemistry |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - Aug 1999 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Polymers and Plastics