Abstract:
Polymeric material suitable for the preparation of optical recording media for volume data storage is disclosed. The molecular structure of the material contains a main chain derived from any of poly(meth)acrylate, poly(meth)acrylamide, polysiloxane, polyurea, polyurethane, polyester, polystyrene and cellulose, and the side chains contain a) azobenzene dye, b) form anisotropic grouping, and c) at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of where R=H or methyl, R′ and R″ independently denote CnH2n+1 or CnH2n-OH and R′″ denotes —CnH2N—OH.
Abstract translation:公开了适用于制备用于体数据存储的光学记录介质的聚合材料。 该材料的分子结构包含由聚(甲基)丙烯酸酯,聚(甲基)丙烯酰胺,聚硅氧烷,聚脲,聚氨酯,聚酯,聚苯乙烯和纤维素中任一种衍生的主链,侧链含有a)偶氮苯染料,b) 形成各向异性组,c)至少一种选自R = H或甲基的单体,R'和R“独立地表示C n H 2n + 1或C n H 2n-OH,R”'表示-C n H 2 N-OH。
Abstract:
Optical data carrier comprising a preferably transparent substrate which may, if desired, have previously been coated with one or more reflection layers and to whose surface a light-writeable information layer, if desired one or more reflection layers and if desired a protective layer or a further substrate or a covering layer have been applied, which can be written on and read by means of blue, red or infrared light, preferably laser light, where the information layer comprises a light-absorbent compound and, if desired, a binder, characterized in that at least one azo metal dye is used as light-absorbent compound.
Abstract:
An optical recording material for binary, multibit or volume data storage is described. The optical recording material comprises: (a) at least one dyestuff selected from polymeric azo dyestuffs and oligomeric azo dyestuffs, the dyestuff changing its spatial arrangement upon irradiation with polarized electromagnetic radiation; and (b) optionally at least one grouping having form anisotropy. The optical recording material has the following characteristics: (i) the absorption maximum of the dyestuff(s) is at least 30 nm less than 400 nm and/or at least 30 nm greater than 400 nm; (ii) at 400 nm the dyestuff reaches an optical density of not more than 60% of its absorption maximum; (iii) the optical recording material has the capacity for being rewritten on by changing the state of polarization of actinic light, an intensity of at least 80% of the original value being achieved after a deletion/rewriting cycle; and (iv) at 400 nm, under identical conditions, an optical writing operation performed upon the optical recording material proceeds no more slowly than at 500 nm, and birefringence values induced during the optical writing operation do not differ from those birefringence values induced at 500 nm by more than 10%.
Abstract:
Homopolymers suitable for storage of information provided optically are disclosed. The are formed from monomers which contain groupings which are at least trinuclear, which are capable of absorbing the electromagnetic radiation of visible light, and which are structured so that in their thermodynamically stable state they are distended and strongly anisometric, wherein the at least trinuclear groupings comprise at least one electron-attracting substituent which gives rise to a dipole moment which forms an angle of at least 20° with the longitudinal axis of the at least trinuclear groupings, wherein the at least trinuclear groupings contain at least one nucleus-linking group which is suitable for a photo-induced change in configuration, wherein said group is selected from the set consisting of
Abstract:
Asymmetrical compounds composed of two different heterocyclic and/or carbocyclic rings linked via a conjugated chain containing an uneven number of chain atoms are useful electrochromic compounds and can be used for producing electrochromic devices.
Abstract:
Optical data carrier comprising a preferably transparent substrate which may, if desired, have previously been coated with one or more reflection layers and to whose surface a light-writeable information layer, if desired one or more reflection layers and if desired a protective layer or a further substrate or a covering layer have been applied, which can be written on and read by means of infrared light, preferably laser light, particularly preferably light having a wavelength in the range 750-800 nm, in particular 770-790 nm, where the information layer comprises a light-absorbent compound and, if desired, a binder, characterized in that at least one cobalt(III) phthalocyanine in which the Co metal centre bears two axial substituents R1 and R2 which represent, independently of one another, CN, SCN, alkoxy or alkylthio is used as light-absorbent compound.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a device for generating light signals, in particular traffic lights. The device according to the invention contains a housing with at least one opening, which is closed by a plate, the absorption of which can be controlled electrically, there being located in the interior of the housing behind the opening a diffuser element, which reflects incident light through the plate. Preferred switched states of the plate are either black (absorption over the entire spectral region of visible light) and colored transparent (slight absorption in specific spectral regions) or transparent (no absorption over the entire spectral region of visible light). The device according to the invention is used to generate light signals by virtue of the fact that the ambient light strikes the plate and, depending on switched state, is absorbed entirely, partially or not at all by the plate. The light fraction transmitted through the plate is reflected by the diffuser plate located behind the plate and transmitted a second time through the plate, and can then be perceived from outside.
Abstract:
Electrochromic systems containing soluble electrochromic polymers which are accessible by polymerization, polycondensation or polyaddition from electrochromic monomers are used in devices for variable transparency to electromagnetic radiation.
Abstract:
This invention relates to an electrochromic system containing at least one oxidizable substance RED1 and at least one reducible substance OX2 linked covalently by a bridge that are suitable for use in electrochromic devices.
Abstract:
The novel cationic thiadiazolediphenylamine dyes of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which the substituents R.sup.1 to R.sup.9 have the meaning indicated in the description, and their anhydro bases, are suitable for use for inkjet printing and in light-writable data storage media and in dye transfer films.