Surface plasmon investigations of light-induced modulation in the optical thickness of molecularly thin photochromic layers

Langmuir

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2976-2980

  Sekkat, Zouheir ^a   Wood, Jonathan ^a   Geerts, Yves ^a   Knoll, Wolfgang ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

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EID: 0347878947     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la9515581     Document Type: Article

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