A novel thermally stable spironaphthoxazine and its application in rewritable high density optical data storage

Wenfang Yuan, Lei Sun, Huohong Tang, Yongqiang Wen, Guiyuan Jiang, Wenhao Huang, Lei Jiang, Yanlin Song, He Tian, Daoben Zhu

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Abstract

A spironaphthoxazine (SOFC) molecule that has a reasonably stable merocyanine form was analyzed and its application in rewritable high density optical data storage was discussed. The SOFC-poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) films for imaging micrometer-sized objects in two dimensions utilizing fluorescence as the read-out method were used. The two-dimensional (2D) luminescence images obtained by confocal microscope employing fluorescence as the read-out method and three-dimensional (3D) recording utilizing two-photon technology with a higher storage density of SOFC were also demonstrated. It was concluded that the incorporation of the ferrocene moiety improves the thermal stability of the photomerocyanine form of the spironaphthoxazine significantly.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)156-160
Number of pages5
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume17
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Jan 2005
Externally publishedYes

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