A novel three-way chromophoric molecular switch: pH and light controllable switching cycles

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 674-678

  Gobbi, Luca ^a   Seiler, Paul ^a   Diederich, François ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fluorescence spectroscopy; Molecular devices; Optical memory; Photochromism; Tetraethynylethenes

Indexed keywords

AZULENE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; N,N DIMETHYLANILINE;

ARTICLE; CIS TRANS ISOMERISM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; IRRADIATION; ISOMERISM; LIGHT; PH; PHOTOLYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033105646     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990301)38:5<674::AID-ANIE674>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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