Synthesis of organic phenothiazine-based molecular glasses and effect of racemic/homochiral aliphatic chain on near-infrared photorefractive property

► The asymmetrically branched chains is the key issue to synthesize organic molecular glasses. ► The homochiral asymmetrically branched aliphatic chain has a hypochromic effect in the solution. ► The racemic group is more beneficial to photorefractive performance than the homochiral one.