Azobenzene-modified poly(l-glutamic acid) (AZOPLGA): its conformational and photodynamic properties.
Azobenzene-modified poly(l-glutamic acid) (AZOPLGA) polymers with 22 and 35 mol % of azo chromophores in the side chains have been synthesized by condensing 4-methoxy-4'-aminoazobenzene and poly(l-glutamic acid). These polymers have been characterized by NMR, FT-IR, and UV-visible spectroscopic techniques. The conformational features of the polymer backbone chains in the films that were cast from the polymer solutions prepared in different solvents have been investigated by circular dichroism spectroscopy. Experimental data suggested that the thermal cis-trans relaxation and photoinduced birefringence, which are related to the azo chromophores in the side chains of polymer, are not affected by the conformations of polymer backbones. However, the modulations of the surface relief gratings, the result of photoinduced mass transport process, recorded on these polymers are sensitive to polymer main chain conformation, as well as the degree of functionalization.
Yang
Suizhou
S
Center for Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 01854, USA.
Li
Lian
L
Cholli
Ashok L
AL
Kumar
Jayant
J
Tripathy
Sukant K
SK
D001391:Azo Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D011099:Polyglutamic Acid / Q000737:chemistry*; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
D001391:Azo Compounds; D011099:Polyglutamic Acid; C009850:azobenzene