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Electric field induced cis-to-trans isomerization of polyphenylacetylene in solid state
Jing Zhi Sun1, Hong Zheng Chen, Rui Song Xu
1Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P.R. China.
Abstract:
A field induced isomerization from cis to trans form in stereoregular cis-rich polyphenylacetylenes (PPAs) was found, and it provides an alternate method to control the order of chromophores in thin solid films.