Ni mol-ecular complex with a tetra-dentate amino-guanidine-derived Schiff base ligand: structural, spectroscopic and electrochemical studies and photoelectric response.

The new mol-ecular nickel(II) complex, namely, {4-bromo-2-[({'-[(2-oxidobenzylidene)amino]carbamimidoyl}imino)methyl]phenolato}nickel(II) ,-di-methyl-formamide solvate monohydrate, [Ni(CHBrNO)]·CHNO·HO, (I), crystallizes in the triclinic space group with one mol-ecule per asymmetric unit. The guanidine ligand is a product of Schiff base condensation between amino-guanidine, salicyl-aldehyde and 5-bromo-salicyl-aldehyde templated by Ni ions. The chelating ligand mol-ecule is deprotonated at the phenol O atoms and coordinates the metal centre through the two azomethine N and two phenolate O atoms in a -NiNO square-planar configuration [average(Ni-N/O) = 1.

Effect of concentration of anionic polymethine dye in poly-N-epoxypropylcarbazole polymer film composite on the spectral-luminescent properties and photoconductivity.

The absorption, fluorescence and fluorescence excitation spectra of polymer thin film composites based on poly-N-epoxypropylcarbazole (PEPC) doped with different content of anionic polymethine dye testify to the formation of contact ion-pair associates at high concentration of the latter. The photoconductivity of such composites in the visible spectrum region is observed, despite the absence in the polymer of any fragment capable of accepting a photoexcited electron from anionic dye chromophore. Analysis of the spectral data together with DFT/B3LYP quantum-chemical calculation of the HOMO and LUMO energies of the monomer N-methylcarbazole unit and the radical of the polymethine dye allowed us to suggest the possible mechanism of internal photoeffect in the investigated composites which is based on the formation of the contact ion-pair associates.

Reversible holographic recording media based on polymeric composites and their use in energy-saving technologies.

The principle of the photothermoplastic method of hologram recording and the general requirements for photothermoplastic holographic recording media based on photoconductive polymer films are considered. The holographic recording media obtained by the authors based on carbazolyl- and ferrocenyl-containing oligomers doped with respective squarillium or merocyanine dyes are discussed. Some examples of practical application of such media in holographic interferometry are demonstrated.