Title :
Characterization of fatigue resistance property of photochrome materials for optical storage devices
Author :
Samoylova, Elena ; Allione, Marco ; Diaspro, Alberto ; Cingolani, Roberto ; Athanassiou, Athanassia
Author_Institution :
Nanophysics Dept., Italian Inst. of Technol., Genoa, Italy
Abstract :
Diarylethenes were proposed as very promising candidates for optical memory applications due to their thermal stability and fatigue resistance. The latter property of two photochromic molecules of the diarylethene family embedded in polymer films was investigated in this work. The obtained results demonstrate a noticeable influence of the polymer matrix and possible photochemical damage on the fatigue resistance of the photochromic materials.
Keywords :
fatigue; optical polymers; optical storage; photochemistry; photochromism; polymer films; thermal stability; diarylethene; diarylethenes; fatigue resistance; optical memory; optical storage devices; photochemical damage; photochromic materials; photochromic molecules; polymer films; polymer matrix; thermal stability;
Conference_Titel :
Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 2010 10th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7033-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1944-9399
DOI :
10.1109/NANO.2010.5697919
