Photochromism of diarylethene molecules and crystals

Photochromism is defined as a reversible transformation of a chemical species between two isomers upon photoirradiation. Although vast numbers of photochromic molecules have been so far reported, photochromic molecules which exhibit thermally irreversible photochromic reactivity are limited to a few...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: IRIE, Masahiro
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Japan Academy 2010
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3108296/