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MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Volume 78, Issue 1, Pages 116-121Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/S0254-0584(02)00220-1
Keywords
18-molybdophosphoric acid; photochromic; superlattice; self-assembly
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A self-assembled layered superlattice composite film was fabricated by casting the chloroform solutions of ionic complex between dioctadecyldimethylammonium (DODA) and 18-molybdophosphate anion (P2Mo186-) onto CaF2, borosilicate glass, and quartz substrates. Infrared and UV spectra revealed that the Dawson structure characteristic of P2Mo186- was preserved in the composite film. A well-ordered superlattice structure was identified by X-ray diffraction (XRD). From XRD results and the cross-sectional area of DODA cation and P2Mo18 polyanion, a possible structural model was proposed. The P2Mo18/DODA film showed good photochromic properties. Irradiated with UV light, the transparent film changed from light yellow to blue. Then, bleaching occurred when the film was in contact with ambient air or O-2 in the dark. A possible photochromic mechanism was proposed according to electron spin resonance (ESR), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra, and UV-Vis spectra. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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