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POLYMERS
Volume 12, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym12122954
Keywords
polymerized nanocomposite thin films; photoisomerization processes; trans-cis-isomers; molecular solar thermal energy storage media; photo-switchable thin films
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In this work, we reported a new insight on the kinetics of photoisomerization and time evolution of hybrid thin films considering the azo-dye methyl red (MR) incorporated with graphene accommodated in polyethylene oxide (PEO). The kinetics of photoisomerization and time-evolution of hybrid thin films were investigated using UV-Vis s and FTIR spectroscopies, as well as appropriate models developed with new analytical methods. The existence of azo-dye MR in the complex is crucial for the resource action of the trans <-> cis cycles through UV-illumination <-> Visible-illumination relaxations. The results of the UV-Vis and the FTIR investigations prove the cyclical trans <-> cis-states. Consequently, PEO-(MR-Graphene) hybrid composite thin films can be introduced as possible applicants for photochromic molecular switches, light-gated transistors, and molecular solar thermal energy storage media.
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