Este trabalho investigou a influência de diferentes solventes na liberação fotoinduzida do monóxido de carbono a partir do complexo [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(CO)(dmpz)2] (dmpz = 2,6-dimetilpirazina),e o comportamento solvatocrômico deste mesmo complexo e dos análogos [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(ampy)2(CO)] (ampy = 4-aminopiridina) e [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(py)2(CO)] (py = piridina). O complexo [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(CO)(dmpz)2] foi irradiado com laser em 377 nm em soluções de hexano, diclorometano, acetonitrila, metanol, etanol, 1-butanol, acetona, dimetilsulfóxido, água e tampão tris (pH=7,4).Estas irradiações foram acompanhadas por espectroscopia na região do UV-visível e o rendimento quântico da liberação fotoinduzida de monóxido de carbono foi calculado por meio de actinometria química de tris oxalato ferrato (III) de potássio. Com este estudo notou-se que o fotoproduto obtido depende do solvente utilizado, porém o rendimento quântico de liberação de CO não variou de forma significativa nos diferentes meios, indicando um mecanismo dissociativo no processo. Cálculos de TD-DFT para o complexo supracitado mostraram que,embora o complexo seja neutro, seu estado fundamental é mais polar do que seu estado excitado de transferência de carga, porém a diferença de polaridade entre os estados não foi considerada extensa. Análises do comportamento solvatocrômico dos complexos [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(ampy)2(CO)], [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(CO)(dmpz)2] e [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(CO)(py)2] também foram realizadas. Observou-se que cada composto apresentou um comportamento diferente, indicando a influência dos grupos substituintes nos ligantes terminais nas propriedades destes compostos. O complexo [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(ampy)2(CO)] apresentou deslocamento batocrômico da banda de transferência de carga do cluster para ligante (TCCL) com o aumento da polaridade dos solventes devido as características básicas do ligante terminal. Além de mostrar dependência com os solventes próticos utilizados, por conta das ligações de hidrogênio formadas entre o grupo amina do ligante e os solventes, bem como solvatação preferencial por metanol em misturas contendo este solvente prótico. O composto [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(CO)(dmpz)2], por sua vez, apresentou deslocamento hipsocrômico da banda TCCL com o aumento da polaridade dos solventes por conta das propriedades ácidas do ligante terminal e não apresentou dependência com solventes próticos, devido o impedimento estérico existente do nitrogênio não coordenado do ligante. Como esperado, o complexo [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(CO)(py)2] apresentou comportamento intermediário, pelo fato do ligante apresentar natureza intermediária dentro da série utilizada e não conter nenhum grupo substituinte / This work investigated the influence of different solvents on the photoinduced release of carbon monoxide from the complex [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(CO)(dmpz)2] (dmpz= 2,6 dimethylpyrazine), and the solvatocromic behavior of this same complex and the analogs [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(ampy)2(CO)] (ampy = 4-aminopyridine) and [Ru3O(CH3COO)6((CO)(py)2] (py = pyridine). The complex [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(CO)(dmpz)2] was irradiated by a laser at 377 nm in hexane, dichloromethane, acetonitrile, methanol, ethanol, 1-butanol, acetone, dimethylsulfoxide, water and tris buffer (pH = 7,4).These irradiations were accompanied by spectroscopy in the UV-Vis region and the quantum yield of the photoinduced release of carbon monoxide was calculated by chemical actinometry of potassium ferroxalate. By this study, it was observed that the photoproduct depends on the solvent used, but the quantum yield of CO release did not vary significantly in the different media used, indicating a dissociative mechanism in the process. TD-DFT calculations for the aforementioned complex have shown that although the complex is neutral, its ground state is more polar than its excited state of charge transfer, however the polarity difference between the states was not considered extensive. Analysis of the solvatocromic behavior of the complexes [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(ampy)2(CO)], [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(CO)(dmpz)2] and [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(CO)(py)2] were also performed. It was observed that each compound had a different behavior, indicating the influence of the substituent groups on the terminal ligands on the properties of these compounds. The [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(ampy)2(CO)] complex exhibited bathochromic shift of the charge transfer transition (CT) with increasing solvent polarity due to the basic characteristic of the terminal ligand. It also showed dependence with the protic solvents used, due to the hydrogen bonds formed between the amine group of the ligand and the solvents, as well as preferential salvation by methanol in mixtures containing this protic solvent.The compound [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(CO)(dmpz)2], on the other hand, presented a hypochromic shift of the charge transfer band with the increase of the polarity of the solvents due to the acidic properties of the terminal ligand and no dependence on protic solvents due to the steric hindrance of the uncoordinated nitrogen of the ligand. As expected, the [Ru3O(CH3COO)(CO)(py)2] complex exhibited intermediate behavior because the ligand has an intermediate nature within the series used an does not contain any substituent groups

Este trabalho investigou a influência de diferentes solventes na liberação fotoinduzida do monóxido de carbono a partir do complexo [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(CO)(dmpz)2] (dmpz = 2,6-dimetilpirazina),e o comportamento solvatocrômico deste mesmo complexo e dos análogos [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(ampy)2(CO)] (ampy = 4-aminopiridina) e [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(py)2(CO)] (py = piridina). O complexo [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(CO)(dmpz)2] foi irradiado com laser em 377 nm em soluções de hexano, diclorometano, acetonitrila, metanol, etanol, 1-butanol, acetona, dimetilsulfóxido, água e tampão tris (pH=7,4).Estas irradiações foram acompanhadas por espectroscopia na região do UV-visível e o rendimento quântico da liberação fotoinduzida de monóxido de carbono foi calculado por meio de actinometria química de tris oxalato ferrato (III) de potássio. Com este estudo notou-se que o fotoproduto obtido depende do solvente utilizado, porém o rendimento quântico de liberação de CO não variou de forma significativa nos diferentes meios, indicando um mecanismo dissociativo no processo. Cálculos de TD-DFT para o complexo supracitado mostraram que,embora o complexo seja neutro, seu estado fundamental é mais polar do que seu estado excitado de transferência de carga, porém a diferença de polaridade entre os estados não foi considerada extensa. Análises do comportamento solvatocrômico dos complexos [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(ampy)2(CO)], [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(CO)(dmpz)2] e [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(CO)(py)2] também foram realizadas. Observou-se que cada composto apresentou um comportamento diferente, indicando a influência dos grupos substituintes nos ligantes terminais nas propriedades destes compostos. O complexo [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(ampy)2(CO)] apresentou deslocamento batocrômico da banda de transferência de carga do cluster para ligante (TCCL) com o aumento da polaridade dos solventes devido as características básicas do ligante terminal. Além de mostrar dependência com os solventes próticos utilizados, por conta das ligações de hidrogênio formadas entre o grupo amina do ligante e os solventes, bem como solvatação preferencial por metanol em misturas contendo este solvente prótico. O composto [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(CO)(dmpz)2], por sua vez, apresentou deslocamento hipsocrômico da banda TCCL com o aumento da polaridade dos solventes por conta das propriedades ácidas do ligante terminal e não apresentou dependência com solventes próticos, devido o impedimento estérico existente do nitrogênio não coordenado do ligante. Como esperado, o complexo [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(CO)(py)2] apresentou comportamento intermediário, pelo fato do ligante apresentar natureza intermediária dentro da série utilizada e não conter nenhum grupo substituinte / This work investigated the influence of different solvents on the photoinduced release of carbon monoxide from the complex [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(CO)(dmpz)2] (dmpz= 2,6 dimethylpyrazine), and the solvatocromic behavior of this same complex and the analogs [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(ampy)2(CO)] (ampy = 4-aminopyridine) and [Ru3O(CH3COO)6((CO)(py)2] (py = pyridine). The complex [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(CO)(dmpz)2] was irradiated by a laser at 377 nm in hexane, dichloromethane, acetonitrile, methanol, ethanol, 1-butanol, acetone, dimethylsulfoxide, water and tris buffer (pH = 7,4).These irradiations were accompanied by spectroscopy in the UV-Vis region and the quantum yield of the photoinduced release of carbon monoxide was calculated by chemical actinometry of potassium ferroxalate. By this study, it was observed that the photoproduct depends on the solvent used, but the quantum yield of CO release did not vary significantly in the different media used, indicating a dissociative mechanism in the process. TD-DFT calculations for the aforementioned complex have shown that although the complex is neutral, its ground state is more polar than its excited state of charge transfer, however the polarity difference between the states was not considered extensive. Analysis of the solvatocromic behavior of the complexes [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(ampy)2(CO)], [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(CO)(dmpz)2] and [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(CO)(py)2] were also performed. It was observed that each compound had a different behavior, indicating the influence of the substituent groups on the terminal ligands on the properties of these compounds. The [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(ampy)2(CO)] complex exhibited bathochromic shift of the charge transfer transition (CT) with increasing solvent polarity due to the basic characteristic of the terminal ligand. It also showed dependence with the protic solvents used, due to the hydrogen bonds formed between the amine group of the ligand and the solvents, as well as preferential salvation by methanol in mixtures containing this protic solvent.The compound [Ru3O(CH3COO)6(CO)(dmpz)2], on the other hand, presented a hypochromic shift of the charge transfer band with the increase of the polarity of the solvents due to the acidic properties of the terminal ligand and no dependence on protic solvents due to the steric hindrance of the uncoordinated nitrogen of the ligand. As expected, the [Ru3O(CH3COO)(CO)(py)2] complex exhibited intermediate behavior because the ligand has an intermediate nature within the series used an does not contain any substituent groups

In organischen Solarzellen resultiert die photovoltaische Aktivität aus dem das Sonnenlicht absorbierenden Donor-Akzeptor-Heteroübergang. Die Grenzfläche zwischen den beiden organischen Materialien dient der effizienten Ladungsträgertrennung. Die vorliegende Arbeit leistet einen Beitrag im Verständnis zum Wirkungsmechanismus und der zu optimierenden Parameter in diesen Solarzellen. In Bezug auf die Anpassung des Donor-Akzeptor-Heteroübergangs wird neben dem Mechanismus der Ladungsträgergeneration an der Grenzfläche die erzielbare Leerlaufspannung in den Solarzellen diskutiert. Ein wesentliches Kriterium zur Erhöhung der Leerlaufspannung ist die Anpassung der Energieniveaus am Heteroübergang. Eine effiziente Ladungsträgertrennung wird durch eine hinreichende Stufe im Ionisationspotenzial sowie in der Elektronenaffinität am Heteroübergang erreicht. Zur Maximierung der Leerlaufspannung muss diese Überschussenergie, d.h. die Energiedifferenz zwischen photogeneriertem Exziton und freiem Ladungsträgerpaar, auf das notwendige Minimum reduziert werden. Eine Reihe von Dicyanovinyl-Oligothiophenen (DCVnT, n=3-6) wurden als Donor im Heteroübergang zu Fulleren C60 verwendet. Das Ionisationspotenzial der DCVnT nimmt mit zunehmender Kettenlänge ab, während die Elektronenaffinität, die weitestgehend durch die Dicyanovinyl-Endgruppen bestimmt wird, von der Kettenlänge nahezu unabhängig ist. Mittels photoinduzierter Absorptionsspektroskopie und zeitaufgelöster Fluoreszenzmessung wurde der Energie- und Elektronentransfer zwischen DCVnT und C60 entlang der homologen Reihe der DCVnT untersucht. Eine wesentliche Feststellung ist die Korrelation zwischen Rekombination in den Triplettzustand und der Leerlaufspannung. So konnte unter anderem gezeigt werden, dass durch die Verwendung angepasster Heteroübergänge unter bestimmten energetischen Voraussetzungen die indirekte Triplettbesetzung einen bislang nicht beachteten Verlustmechanismus für organische Solarzellen darstellt. Für organische Solarzellen ist demnach ein Kompromiss zwischen möglichst hoher Leerlaufspannung und effizienter Ladungsträgerdissoziation unter Vermeidung dieser Triplettrekombination zu erzielen. Weiterhin wird ein Konzept zur Nutzung dieser indirekten Triplettrekombination diskutiert. Dieses basiert auf der Tatsache, dass die Lebensdauer der Exzitonen im Triplettzustand gegenüber denen im Singulettzustand um 3-6 Größenordnungen höher ist. Damit wird eine höhere Diffusionslänge erwartet, was in einer dickeren und damit stärker absorbierenden aktiven Schicht genutzt werden könnte.

In processing and data storage mainly ferromagnetic (FM) materials are being used. Approaching physical limits, new concepts have to be found for faster, smaller switches, for higher data densities and more energy efficiency. Some of the discussed new concepts involve the material classes of correlated oxides and materials with antiferromagnetic coupling. Their applicability depends critically on their switching behavior, i.e., how fast and how energy efficient material properties can be manipulated. This thesis presents investigations of ultrafast non-equilibrium phase transitions on such new materials. In transition metal oxides (TMOs) the coupling of different degrees of freedom and resulting low energy excitation spectrum often result in spectacular changes of macroscopic properties (colossal magneto resistance, superconductivity, metal-to-insulator transitions) often accompanied by nanoscale order of spins, charges, orbital occupation and by lattice distortions, which make these material attractive. Magnetite served as a prototype for functional TMOs showing a metal-to-insulator-transition (MIT) at T = 123 K. By probing the charge and orbital order as well as the structure after an optical excitation we found that the electronic order and the structural distortion, characteristics of the insulating phase in thermal equilibrium, are destroyed within the experimental resolution of 300 fs. The MIT itself occurs on a 1.5 ps timescale. It shows that MITs in functional materials are several thousand times faster than switching processes in semiconductors. Recently ferrimagnetic and antiferromagnetic (AFM) materials have become interesting. It was shown in ferrimagnetic GdFeCo, that the transfer of angular momentum between two opposed FM subsystems with different time constants leads to a switching of the magnetization after laser pulse excitation. In addition it was theoretically predicted that demagnetization dynamics in AFM should occur faster than in FM materials as no net angular momentum has to be transferred out of the spin system. We investigated two different AFM materials in order to learn more about their ultrafast dynamics. In Ho, a metallic AFM below T ≈ 130 K, we found that the AFM Ho can not only be faster but also ten times more energy efficiently destroyed as order in FM comparable metals. In EuTe, an AFM semiconductor below T ≈ 10 K, we compared the loss of magnetization and laser-induced structural distortion in one and the same experiment. Our experiment shows that they are effectively disentangled. An exception is an ultrafast release of lattice dynamics, which we assign to the release of magnetostriction. The results presented here were obtained with time-resolved resonant soft x-ray diffraction at the Femtoslicing source of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and at the free-electron laser in Stanford (LCLS). In addition the development and setup of a new UHV-diffractometer for these experiments will be reported. / In der Datenspeichertechnologie werden bisher hauptsächlich ferromagnetische Materialien eingesetzt. Da mit diesen aber physikalische Grenzen erreicht werden, werden neue Konzepte gesucht, um schnellere und kleinere Schalter, größere Datendichten und eine höherere Energieeffizienz zu erzeugen. Unter den diskutierten Materialklassen finden sich komplexen Übergangsmetalloxide und Materialien mit antiferromagnetischer Kopplung. Die Anwendbarkeit solcher Materialien hängt stark davon ab, wie schnell sich deren Eigenschaften verändern lassen und wieviel Energie dafür eingesetzt werden muss. Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit ultraschnellen, Nicht-Gleichgewicht-Phasenübergängen genau in solchen Materialien. In Übergangsmetalloxiden führt die enge Kopplung zwischen den unterschiedlichen Freiheitsgraden zu einem effektiven niederenergetischen Anregungsspektrum. Diese Anregungen sind oft verknüpft mit spektakulären makroskopischen Eigenschaften, wie z.B. dem kolossalen Magnetowiderstand, Hochtemperatur-Supraleitung, Metall- Isolator-Übergang, die oft von nanoskaliger Ordnung von Spins, Ladungen, orbitaler Besetzung sowie Gitterverzerrungen begleitet sind. Dadurch werden diese Materialien interessant für Anwendbarkeit. Magnetit, ein Prototyp eines solchen funktionalen Materials zeigt einen Metall-Isolator-Übergang bei T = 123 K. Untersucht man die Ladungs- und orbitale Ordnung sowie die Struktur nach einer optischen Anregung, so findet man, dass die elektronische Struktur und Gitterverzerrung, die kennzeichnend für die Tieftemperaturphase sind, innerhalb der Zeitauflösung des Experiments von 300 fs zerstört wird. Der eigentliche Metall-Isolator-Übergang zeigt sich erst nach 1.5 ps. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass MITs in funktionalen Materialien bis zu tausend Mal schneller geschaltet werden können als in vorhandenen Halbleiter-Schaltern. Seit kurzem rücken auch ferrimagnetische und antiferromagnetische Materialen in den Fokus des Interesses. Es wurde im Ferrimagnet GdFeCo gezeigt, dass der Transfer von Drehimpuls zwischen zwei entgegengesetzten Subsystemen mit unterschiedlichen Zeitkonstanten zu einem Umschalten der Magnetisierung führt. Zudem wurde vorhergesagt, dass Demagnetisierungsdynamiken in antiferromagnetischen Materialien schneller ablaufen soll als in ferromagnetischen, da kein Drehimpuls aus dem Spinsystem abgeführt werden muss. Damit wir mehr über antiferromagnetische Dynamik erfahren haben wir zwei unterschiedliche Antiferromagneten untersucht, um sie mit den bekannten FM zu vergleichen. Im metallischen AFM Holmium fanden wir, dass die magnetische Ordnung schneller und zehnmal energieeffizienter zerstört werden kann als in vergleichbaren FM Metallen. In Europium-Tellurid, einem antiferromagnetischem Halbleiter, haben wir den Zerfall der magnetischen Ordnung im Hinblick auf Wechselwirkungen mit der Struktur untersucht. Wir fanden auf kurzen Zeitskalen eine eher entkoppelte Dynamik. Eine Ausnahme ist ein schneller Beitrag zur Gitterdynamik, den wir mit dem Wegfall von Magnetostriktion erklären. Die hier gezeigten Ergebnisse wurden mit Hilfe zeitaufgelöster resonanter weicher Röntgenbeugung an der Femtoslicing Strahlungsquelle des Helmholtz-Zentrums Berlin und am freien Elektronenlaser LCLS gemessen. Zusätzlich wird über die Entwicklung und den Bau eines UHV-Diffraktometers für diese Experimente berichtet.

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O objetivo deste trabalho é o estudo das Mudanças Estruturais Fotoinduzidas em filmes do sistema vítreo [Sb(PO3)3]n −Sb2O3 bem como a produção e caracterização do sistema vítreo em questão. Vidros de x[Sb(PO3)3]n−(100−x)Sb2O3 (5 ≤ x ≤ 40) foram produzidos pela fusão dos precursores Sb2O3 e [Sb(PO3)3]n a 900°C em cadinhos de carbono vítreo e em seguida vertidos e resfriados rapidamente em moldes de aço inox. Dessa forma foi possível obter vidros homogêneos e estáveis com dimensões de 1,0 x 1,0 x 0,5 cm3. A caracterização do sistema vítreo e parâmetros como região de formação vítrea e temperaturas características foram obtidos por meio de técnicas como DSC, Difração de Raios−X, FTIR, e MAS−NMR. A região de formação vítrea neste sistema ocorre para composições entre 10 ≤ x &#8804 25 sendo que para x = 5, x = 30, e x = 35 forma−se um vidro com pequena fração de microcristalinidade que apresenta coloração amarelada sendo visualmente transparente, já para x = 40 forma−se um vidro com maior fração de microcristalinidade e totalmente opaco. Este sistema vítreo possui interessantes propriedades como larga janela de transmitância (∼ 0,4 a 8 µm), alto índice de refração (n ∼ 2,0), baixa temperatura de fusão (Tf∼900 °C) e baixa temperatura de transição vítrea, (Tg∼300 °C). Filmes de x[Sb(PO3)3]n−(100−x)Sb2O3 foram produzidos por evaporação térmica dos vidros através de canhão de elétrons (EB−PVD) em um sistema não comercial de evaporação desenvolvido em nosso laboratório, onde conseguimos produzir de maneira eficiente e com boa qualidade óptica filmes de até 10 µm de espessura. Estes filmes apresentam um atípico fenômeno de fotocontração em torno de 8 % da espessura do filme, acompanhado de fotoclareamento após irradiação com laser UV em 350,7 nm. Além da caracterização a nível macroscópico do fenômeno de fotocontração (comportamento em função da potência e tempo de irradiação com laser UV) nossa atenção ficou voltada para o estudo desse efeito a nível estrutural, através de técnicas como Difração de Raios−X, XANES, FTIR, RPE, RBS e Holografia Óptica. Além da ampla caracterização mostramos a possibilidade de aplicação do material para holografia ou armazenamento óptico, redes de difração, e matrizes de microlentes. O efeito de fotocontração nos filmes foi notado devido ao fotoclareamento observado visualmente após a exposição ao UV e foi confirmado por medidas de perfilometria da região exposta ao UV. O efeito de fotoclareamento (simultâneo a fotocontração da superficie) ocorre gerando deslocamento de ∼ 30 nm do bandgap (3,58 eV, 347 nm) para maiores energias (4,01 eV, 310nm). Também observamos um pequeno deslocamento do bandgap para irradiações com λ.=482 e 460 nm. A fotocontração evolui não linearmente com o tempo e potência de irradiação. Depende também do tempo de exposição e da potência do laser, tendendo a saturação após 4 horas de exposição a 5 W⁄cm2 (100 mW) ou 2 horas de exposição a 15 W⁄cm2 (300 mw). O efeito de fotocontração tem forte dependência com a concentração de polifosfato de antimônio na composição dos filmes do sistema vítreo x[Sb(PO3)3]n−(100−x)Sb2O3. Filmes de 1,0 µ de espessura irradiados com 100 mW (5,0 W⁄cm2) por 4 horas (região de saturação) apresentam fotocontração (−ΔV⁄V) de até 8,0 % da espessura do filme (para x = 25) quando irradiados com laser UV (λ.=350 nm) Para x = 10 a contração é menor que 2,0 %, e para concentrações de polifosfato acima de 25 % efeito é diminuído drasticamente. A atmosfera na qual o filme é irradiado tem grande influência no efeito de fotocontração. Filmes de 20 % [Sb(PO3)3]n−80 % Sb2O3 (espessura: 1,0 µm)irradiado com laser UV por 4 horas a 100 mW (5,0 W⁄cm2) apresentaram fotocontração (−ΔV⁄V) de ∼ 8 % (∼ 50 % maior) em atmosfera de O2, 5 % no ar, e menor que 2 % para o vácuo, N2 e He. Apesar de se partir da evaporação dos vidros para produção dos filmes, a principal diferença de estrutura entre vidro e filme é que estes últimos apresentam estrutura com grande número de vazios intersticiais ao redor de unidades estruturais, o que não ocorre para os vidros. Nossos resultados mostraram efetivamente que o efeito de fotocontração em filmes irradiados com UV está relacionado com mudanças de estrutura de grupos fosfatos e efeitos fototérmicos cooperativos. Na parte de aplicações gravamos redes holográficas de relevo nos filmes estudados. Utilizando uma montagem tipo espelho de Lloyd para holografia foi possível gravar redes com período de 600 nm até 20 µm e medimos a eficiência de difração em tempo real utilizando um feixe de prova de laser He−Ne. As redes gravadas em filmes de filmes de 20% [Sb(PO3)3]n−80 % Sb2O3 com período de 20 µm de espessura apresentam eficiência de difração de 3 a 10,5 % para aproximadamente 1 hora de gravação e potencia variando de 50 a 600 mW (2,5 a 30 W⁄cm2), respectivamente. / The aim of this work is the study of the Photoinduced Structural Changes (PSC) in films of the [Sb(PO3)3]n −Sb2O3 glassy system, as well as the production and characterization of the glassy system. The glass samples x[Sb(PO3)3]n−(100−x)Sb2O3 (5 ≤ x ≤ 40) were produced by the melt−quenehing technique of suitable quantities of the precursors Sb2O3 and [Sb(PO3)3]n, fused at 900°C in glassy carbon crucibles and verted into stainless steel moulds. Homogeneous and stable glass plates of 1.0 x 1.0 x 0.5 cm3 were obtained. The characterization of the glass system and the obtaining of parameters such as the glass forming region and characteristic temperatures were possible through DSC, X−ray Diffraction, FTIR and MAS−NMR techniques. The studied glass system possess remarkable properties such as broad transmittance window (from 0.4 to 8.0 µm), high index of refraction (n ∼ 2.0), low melting temperature (Tf∼900 °C) and low glass transition temperature (Tg∼300 °C). The films were produced by electron beam physical vapor deposition (EB−PVD) of the glasses, in a non−commercial evaporation system developed in our laboratory, where is possible to produce high quality films with thickness of up to 10 µm. The films samples presented an atypical photocontraction behavior that consists of a decrease of up to 10 % in the thickness, accompanied of photobleaching after UV irradiation using a 350.7 nm laser line. Besides the macroscopic characterization of the photocontraction effect (behavior as function of the UV laser power density and irradiation time), our attention was focused on the study of the effect at structural level using techniques such as X−ray diffraction, XANES, FTIR, EPR, RBS and Optical Holography. In addition to the wide characterization we shown in this work the possibilities of application of this material for optical storage and holography, diffraction gratings, micro-lens array.

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Les hétérojonctions formées de deux matériaux, un donneur et un accepteur (D/A), sont la base de la majorité des mélanges photovoltaïques organiques. Les mécanismes de séparation des charges dans ces systèmes représentent aujourd'hui l'un des sujets les plus chauds et les plus débattus dans ce domaine. Nous entrons au coeur de ce débat en choisissant un système D/A à base de phtalocyanine de cuivre (CuPc) et de fullerène (C60). Pour sonder les états excités de nos molécules et obtenir de l'information sur les phénomènes à l'interface D/A, nous réalisons une expérience pompe-sonde, appelée absorption photoinduite (PIA). Nous y mesurons le changement fractionnaire de transmission au travers de l'échantillon. Les mesures de PIA sont réalisées à l'état de quasi équilibre, à T=10K. Nous observons une modulation prononcée dans la région du photoblanchiment de l'état fondamental qui nous indique que la pompe induit un décalage du spectre d'absorption de l'état fondamental. Ce décalage peut être expliqué par deux processus : soit l'échantillon est chauffé par la pompe (effet thermique) ou bien des charges sont créées à l'interface entre les deux matériaux (effet Stark). La dépendance en température du spectre d'absorption entre 10K et 290K montre une signature thermique pour un changement de température de 80K. Grâce au ratio des raies Raman anti-Stokes et Stokes, nous démontrons que la pompe chauffe l'échantillon de 34 K, température insuffisante pour attribuer notre signal à un effet thermique. Nous évaporons ensuite la bicouche CuPc/C60 sur de l'ITO et du saphir, substrats qui possèdent des conductivités thermiques différentes et nous observons le même signal de PIA, excluant par le fait même l'hypothèse de l'effet thermique. Puisque notre étude est comparable à la spectroscopie à effet Stark, nous procédons à une analyse similaire en comparant notre signal de PIA au spectre de la transmittance et à ses dérivés première et seconde. Nous observons alors que notre signal reproduit presque parfaitement la dérivée seconde de la transmittance. Ces résultats sont conformes à une signature optique d'effet Stark due à la création de charges à l'interface D/A. / Nowadays, the donor/acceptor (D/A) structure is one of the most popular configuration for organic solar cells. The charge separation mechanisms in this type of systems is now a hot topic of debate in this field of research. To adress this debate, we choose a D/A system made of copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) and fullerene (C60). In this work, we perform quasi-steady-state photoinduced absorption (PIA) measurements which consist of a pump-probe experiment where we measure the fractional change in transmission through the sample. This experiment probes the excited states of our molecules and gives us informations about the photophysics near the interface between the two materials. The measurements were mainly done at T=10K. We observe a strong modulation of the ground state photobleaching that indicates that the laser excitation induces a shift of the ground state absorption spectrum. This shift can be ascribed to two processes: either the pump is heating the sample (heat transfer) or charge are being created at the interface between the two materials (Stark effect). The temperature dependence of the absorption spectrum between T=10K and T=290K shows a thermal signature for a change in temperature of 80K. By calculating the ratio of the Raman Stokes and anti-Stokes peaks, we establish that the pump heat up the sample of 34K, an insufficient temperature to assign the change of transmittance to a thermal effect. We then evaporate our CuPc/C60 bilayer on ITO and sapphire, two substrates with different thermal conductivities and we observe the same signal thereby excluding the assumption of the thermal effect. Since our study bears a resemblance to Stark spectroscopy, we justify the use of a similar analysis by comparing our PIA signal to the transmittance spectrum of our molecules and its first and second derivative. We find that the signal reproduces almost perfectly the second derivative. Thus, we attribute the aforementioned results to an optical signature of Stark effect due to the creation of charges at the heterojunction.

Caged compounds are a class of photosensitive reagents used to stimulate cells with spatial control down to a sub-cellular level, and millisecond temporal control. They comprise of biologically important molecule which is modified with a photolabile protecting group. In the absence of light, caged compounds are physiologically silent but irradiation with light induces the release of biologically active species. Illumination under two-photon conditions is particularly advantageous as it enables restriction of the photolysis volume to ~1 fL and it provides deeper penetration into scattering samples. This thesis reports the development of new protecting groups for two-photon uncaging in neuroscience. Mechanistically, the deprotection in these novel groups is designed to operate via an intramolecular photoinduced electron transfer (PeT) between the absorbing unit (electron-donor) and the release module (electron-acceptor). The modular design of these cages ensures separation of absorption and release steps, and allows each process to be tuned and optimized independently. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the two-photon absorption phenomenon and a historic overview of the uncaging technique. It also discusses recent advances in the development of two-photon sensitive probes used in neuroscience. Chapter 2 describes the exploration of molecular designs for novel protecting groups. A two-photon absorbing dye (electron-donor; fluorene dye) and three different release units (electron-acceptors; nitrobenzyl, pyridinium and phenacyl) were identified as suitable building blocks for the current project. Efficiency of the intramolecular electron transfer between chosen units was evaluated using model dyads which constitute covalently linked electron-donor and acceptor species. Chapter 3 is devoted to the synthesis and photophysical evaluation of nitrobenzyl-based protecting group. Chapter 4 describes the preparation of pyridinium-derived protecting group and demonstrates PeT-mediated release of tryptophan and GABA under one- and two-photon excitation. Hydrolytic instability of pyridinium esters is highlighted. Chapter 5 reports the synthesis, hydrolytic stability and one-photon uncaging efficiency of phenacyl-based derivatives. Chapter 6 discusses properties of developed caged compounds and compares them with other compounds reported in literature. It contains overall conclusions and outlook for the current project. Chapter 7 details the experimental procedures and the characterization of compounds synthesized during this work.