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Study on the Mechanism of Diarylethene Crystal Growth by In Situ Microscopy and the Crystal Growth Controlled by an
Taiga Kadoyama1, Ryo Nishimura2, Mana Toma1
1School of Science and Technology , Kwansei Gakuin University , 2-1 Gakuen , Sanda , 679-1337 Hyogo , Japan.
Abstract:
The microcrystalline film of an open-ring isomer (1o) of diarylethene 1 was prepared on an Al plasmonic chip with a grating structure. Photoisomerization from 1o to the closed-ring isomer (1c) and growth of needle-shaped crystals in 1c were observed in situ under an upright-inverted microscope. In the center part of the film, crystal growth of needle-shaped-crystal of 1c was observed upon UV irradiation from the top side, but not upon UV irradiation from the bottom side. However, crystallization occurred at the edge of the film upon UV irradiation from the bottom side. It was suggested that crystal growth of 1c required a high mobility of 1c near the film surface. Furthermore, the existence of 1o platform is also found to be required for alignment of 1c molecules by the results under the irradiation from the bottom and top sides. With the Al plasmonic chip, the conversion rate from 1o to 1c was larger inside the grating by the plasmonic enhanced field. Therefore, when the attenuated UV light was irradiated to the film edge with high mobility of 1c from the bottom side, the conversion rate was more than 60%, and the needle-shaped crystals of 1c were observed only inside the grating area. Crystal growth was controlled by the conversion rate of 1c promoted inside the grating. From the above, the larger conversion rate of 1c more than 60%, a high mobility of 1c near the film surface or edge, and the existence of the 1o platform for alignment of 1c molecules, are considered to be required for crystal growth in 1c.
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