首页|Groove-free optical gratings self-assembled by banana-shaped molecules
Groove-free optical gratings self-assembled by banana-shaped molecules
扫码查看
点击上方二维码区域，可以放大扫码查看
原文链接
NETL
NSTL
Trans Tech Publications Ltd
We demonstrate that banana-shaped molecules 1,3-phenylene bis(4-methoxybenzylidene amine) can assemble themselves into diffraction gratings when the melt of the banana-shaped compound, which was sandwiched between two pieces of glass substrates, is cooled to room temperature. Polarizing optical microscopic characterization shows that a pattern of periodic modulation of the refractive index can be developed in the thin films formed by the banana-shaped compound. Despite the gratings are groove free, their optical properties are the same as classically ruled gratings. Our work provides an alternative method for manufacturing diffraction gratings by harnessing the self-assembly of banana-shaped molecules.
NETL
NSTL
Trans Tech Publications Ltd
