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Large Faraday Rotation in Optical-Quality Phthalocyanine and Porphyrin Thin Films

The magneto-optical phenomenon known as Faraday rotation involves the rotation of plane-polarized light as it passes through an optical medium in the presence of an external magnetic field oriented parallel to the direction of light propagation. Faraday rotators find applications in optical isolators and magnetic-field imaging technologies. In recent years, organic thin films comprised of polymeric and small-molecule chromophores have demonstrated Verdet constants, which measure the magnitude of rotation at a given magnetic field strength and material thickness, that exceed those found in conventional inorganic crystals. We report herein the thin-film magnetic circular birefringence (MCB) spectra and maximum Verdet constants of several commercially available and newly synthesized phthalocyanine and porphyrin derivatives. Five of these species achieved maximum Verdet constant magnitudes greater than 105 deg T-1 m-1 at wavelengths between 530 and 800 nm. Notably, a newly reported zinc(II) phthalocyanine derivative (ZnPc-OT) reached a Verdet constant of -33 × 104 deg T-1 m-1 at 800 nm, which is among the largest reported for an organic material, especially for an optical-quality thin film. The MCB spectra are consistent with resonance-enhanced Faraday rotation in the region of the Q-band electronic transition common to porphyrin and phthalocyanine derivatives, and the Faraday A-term describes the electronic origin of the magneto-optical activity. Overall, we demonstrate that phthalocyanines and porphyrins are a class of rationally designed magneto-optical materials suitable for applications demanding large Verdet constants and high optical quality.

New chiral discotics with helical organization of the mesophase - Liquid crystalline derivatives of dibenzotetraaza[14]annulene

Two optically pure derivatives of dibenzotetraaza[14]annulene, bearing four (S)- or (R)- 3,7-dimethyloctoxy peripheral chiral tails, respectively, and two hydroxybenzoyl meso substituents were synthesized using a convergent multi-step route. The structure of the products was determined by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, ESI-MS, and elemental analysis. The mesomorphic behavior of the two chiral compounds, deciphered by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), small-angle X-ray diffractometry (SA-XRD), and polarizing optical microscopy (POM) investigations, revealed the induction of two lamello-columnar phases, i.e., columnar stacks confined in smectic layers, whose columns may be arranged either according to the pg rectangular planar symmetry (for the low-temperature phase) or without registry between vicinal layers (for the high-temperature mesophase). Evidence of a helical organization of the molecules in the mesophases was obtained using a combination of electronic circular dichroism (ECD) and SA-XRD results, Molecular Dynamics simulations and quantum-chemical calculations.

The first examples of optically active tris(N-salicylideneaniline)s: Manifestation of chirality from molecules to fluid columnar phases

Tris(N-salicylideneaniline)s comprising chiral tails in varying numbers self-organize into a room temperature helical columnar mesophase resulting from the chiral stacking of the constituent molecules differing in their rotational symmetry and ratio as ev