Faraday communications. Transient optical dichroism in a photochromic polymer glass and its relationship to molecular reorientation

Abstract
(E)-α-2,5-Dimethyl-3-furylethylidene(isopropylidene)succinic anhydride (I) was converted into a coloured polychrome (II) by exposure to UV light. Transient optical dichroism data have been obtained for II in poly(methyl methacrylate) at 50 °C that are consistent with the relaxation of I(t) and I(t) that occurs via molecular motions of the photochromic molecules.

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