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The First Example of a Polymer‐Crystal–Organic‐Dye Composite Material: The Clathrate Phase of Syndiotactic Polystyrene with Azulene
Author(s) -
Uda Y.,
Kaneko F.,
Tanigaki N.,
Kawaguchi T.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200500396
Subject(s) - materials science , polystyrene , azulene , tacticity , polymer , clathrate hydrate , molecule , phase (matter) , chemical engineering , composite number , polymer chemistry , composite material , hydrate , photochemistry , organic chemistry , polymerization , engineering , chemistry
Organic dye molecules have been included in the crystalline regions of syndiotactic polystyrene (sPS) by soaking clathrate or glass films of sPS in an azulene solution containing a plasticizer (see Figure). Highly oriented films, in which the dye molecules are oriented, are easily obtained by applying a similar procedure to an oriented glass sample.