Preparation of monolayers of ion-paired macrocyclic amphiphiles to estimate a critical free space required for azobenzene photoisomerization

Chemistry Letters

Volumn , Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1209-1210

  Nakagawa, Masaru ^a   Watase, Reiko ^a   Ichimura, Kunihiro ^a  

^a Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

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EID: 0033235109     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.1999.1209     Document Type: Article

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