Design of Mesomorphic Diarylethene-Based Photochromes
- 5 November 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Vol. 126 (47) , 15382-15383
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ja0468269
Abstract
The effects of the molecular variation of diarylethenes on the mesomorphic, photochromic, and fluorescence properties have been investigated, and dramatic changes in the fluorescence, photochromic, and liquid crystal behavior were observed.Keywords
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