4-[Di(biphenyl-4-yl)amino]azobenzene and 4,4′-bis[bis(4′-tert-butylbiphenyl-4-yl)amino]azobenzene as a novel family of photochromic amorphous molecular materials

Journal of Materials Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2579-2581

  Shirota, Yasuhiko ^a   Moriwaki, Kazuyuki ^a   Yoshikawa, Satoru ^a   Ujike, Toshiki ^a   Nakano, Hideyuki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0001035810     PISSN: 09599428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a806802j     Document Type: Article

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