Authors
RR Chance, RH Baughman, H Müller, Craig J Eckhardt
Publication date
1977/10/15
Journal
The Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume
67
Issue
8
Pages
3616-3618
Publisher
American Institute of Physics
Description
Specular reflection spectra are reported for a thermochromic polydiacetylene crystal, ETCD [substituent group – (CH2)4OCONHC2H5] over the temperature range 23–130°C. A reversible thermochromic phase change occurs at ∼120°C and is accompanied by a 2750 cm−1 blue shift in the reflection spectra. Evidence is presented which strongly suggests that the dramatic change in optical properties of ETCD at the phase transition is due to an acetylene to butatriene transformation in the bonding sequence of the polydiacetylene backbone.
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RR Chance, RH Baughman, H Müller, CJ Eckhardt - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 1977