Versatile Helical Polymer Films: Chiroptical Inversion Switching and Memory with Re‐Writable (RW) and Write‐Once Read‐Many (WORM) Modes

• DOI: 10.1002/adma.200400470
• Publication Date: 2004-10-14T10:03:50Z
• Authors: A. Ohira; K. Okoshi; M. Fujiki; M. Kunitake; M. Naito; T. Hagihara
• Keywords: Helix (gastropod)

Solid-state films of chiral polysilanes undergo an optical inversion (see Figure) above a helix–helix transition temperature, determined by the polymer molecular weight and thermal processing. These could be used for re-writable or write-once, read-many data storage, depending on temperature. Supporting information this article is available WWW under http://www.wiley-vch.de/contents/jc_2089/2004/c0470_s.pdf from author. Please note: The publisher not responsible content functionality any supporting supplied authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should directed to corresponding author article.