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PNIPAM Copolymers Containing Light‐Responsive Chromophores: A Method Toward Molecular Logic Gates
Author(s) -
Jochum Florian D.,
Forst F. Romina,
Theato Patrick
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.201000146
Subject(s) - chromophore , copolymer , materials science , polymer chemistry , polymer science , chemistry , polymer , photochemistry , composite material
A series of thermo‐responsive PNIPAM copolymers containing different amounts of fulgimide moieties has been synthesized via a polymer analogous reaction of poly(pentafluorophenyl acrylate). All copolymers were designed to exhibit a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) in water, which was only weakly dependent on the amount of incorporated chromophoric fulgimide groups. The copolymers showed a photocyclization of the fulgimide side groups upon irradiation with UV‐light accompanied with a color change. The closed form of the chromophore had a halftime of 136 min for the visible reisomerization and did not affect the LCST of the polymer. This led to the realization of a logic “NOT A” for the fulgimide containing PNIPAM, while a corresponding azobenzene containing PNIPAM resulted in a different logic “A implies B”.